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Six example sentences with perception, each labelled with its topic.
Researchers mapped how a single image becomes a stable perception in the brain before any word is attached to it.
Science
The gallery guide explained that our perception of depth on a flat canvas is built from shadow, overlap, and scale.
Art
Locke argued that every concept a mind holds begins as a perception delivered by the eyes, ears, or fingertips.
Philosophy
Our perception of a face is assembled in a fraction of a second, well before we can say whose it is.
Psychology
The perception of a chord as sad or bright is partly learned, and listeners from different traditions disagree.
Music
A self-driving car builds its perception of the road from cameras and radar, merging both before it decides anything.
Technology
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