PERCEPTION (Dispersed) 1)3)5)
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The simultaneous perception by different senses organs of distinct characteristics of the same object
Sometimes even, the same organ seems to perceive separately various features of the object and connect them in a significant synthesis… or differenciate them by shifting from one receptor to another.
ASHBY notes for example that "In the skin are histologically-distinguishable receptors sensitive to touch, pain, heat and cold. If a needle on the skin is changed from lightly touching it to piercing it, the excitation is shifted from the "touch"to the "pain" type of receptor; i.e. dispersion occurs"(1960, p. 180)
Perception of space offers another example. It is in fact a complex synthesis of specific perceptions of verticality, horizontality and deepness.
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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).
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