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date: 16 March 2025

perception. 

Source:
The Oxford Companion to the Mind
Author(s):
Richard L. GregoryRichard L. Gregory

Our senses probe the external world. They also tell us about ourselves, as they monitor positions of the limbs and the balance of our bodies, and through pain they signal injury and illness. More subtly, there are innumerable internal signals monitoring everyday physiological activities, and conveying and maintaining our well-being; though little of this enters our ... ...

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