TOK presentation

Touch and Perception

Presented By:

Krish Raveshia Aditya Khosla

Introduction

 Much of our knowledge, it seems, does come to us through our senses, through perception.
Perception, though, is a complex process. The way that we experience the world may be determined in part by the world, but it is also determined in part by us. We do not passively receive information through our senses; arguably, we contribute just as much to our experiences as do the objects that they are experiences of.
How we are to understand the process of perception, and how this should effect our understanding of the world that we inhabit, is therefore vital for epistemology.

Perception is the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information. Touch is a ‘way’ of acquiring this sensory information. It is a medium of perception.


Introduction

Touch is the stimulation of the sensory neurons under our skin. Touching another person is a form of physical intimacy and non-verbal communication: both sexual and platonic.

There are two forms of touch: Active touch and Passive touch.

‘Touch is the way

To find out if they’re metro or gay’

Active Touch

Active touch, referred to as "touching" is an exploratory sense in which the impression on the skin is brought about by the perceiver himself. Examples of active touch include voluntary actions such as kicking, conversely kissing, hugging, handshaking and boxing.

Passive Touch

Passive touch is a sensory stimulation brought about by another party other than the perceiver himself. Examples of passive touch include getting slapped and getting a massage.

How we perceive touch?

Perception involves interpreting and organizing sensory information. Hence, whatever data is obtained by means of touch is correlated with past experience and areas of knowledge within our brain. By means of this analysis, we are able to comprehend the implications of “the touch.”

Significant Ways of Touching

Running your hand through someone’s hair
Hugging
Kissing
Spanking
Patting
Who? How? Where?
Every touch depends on more than the touch itself. Contrariwise, it depends on:
who is touching
how they are touching
where they are touching.

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