Early Learning Center 0-12

Hearing, or audition, is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations, changes in the pressure of the surrounding medium through time, through an organ such as the ear.

Touch, or somatosensory, is a perception resulting from activation of neural receptors, generally in the skin including hair follicles and a variety of pressure receptors respond to variations in pressure (firm, brushing, sustained, etc.).

Taste, or gustation, refers to the capability to detect the taste of substances such as food, certain minerals, and poisons, etc.

Smell or olfaction is our ability to detect scent – chemical, odour molecules in the air.

Sight or vision is the capability of the eyes to focus and detect images of visible light and generate electrical nerve impulses for varying colors, hues, and brightness.

The vestibular system explains the perception of our body in relation to gravity, movement and balance.

Proprioception is the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement.