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In cognitive psychology, perception is a key subject, which has been given much attention over
decades otherwise since emergence of the above field in psychology.
The word perception refers to what the body is able to perceive, that is, the information that the
body is able to discern from the outside world. According to the Oxford English Dictionary,
perception is “the process of becoming aware or conscious of a thing or things in general; the
state of being aware; consciousness; understanding.” The process of understanding becomes a
mediated experience, as it requires the use of the senses in order to process data. To be
perceivable, the object must be able to be understood by the mind through the interplay of sight,
sound, taste, touch and smell. To be perceived, a sensation must pass through the body through
one of sensory organ, that is, the eye, ear, nose, mouth, or skin. To interpret that sensation is
