Sensation, Perception, and Motor Learning in Education
Sensation and Sensory Receptors
Simply put, sensations are basic experiences related, from a physiological point of view, to the activity of sensory receptors that allow us to experience or capture stimuli from both the external and internal environment (Goldstein, 1988). Sensation refers, therefore, to the mere reception of experiential information or the interplay we experience through the senses prior to a stimulus (Goldstein, 1988).
Types of Sensations
- Exteroceptive sensitivity: Captures stimuli from the outside world and the external qualities of one's own body.
- Interoceptive sensitivity: Provides information from the internal environment of the body, reflecting the state of organs and visceral functions (hunger, anxiety, physiological needs,