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    Through research I discovered that there are animals that have senses that by far exceed our five human senses. One of the animals would be the bat that we spoke about in class. Bats avoid obstacles and nab insects on the wing by emitting ultrasonic squeaks and interpreting the echo the sound waves make after bouncing off objects in the environment. This is called "echolocation‚" but bats aren’t the only animals that use echolocation. Dolphins also use echolocation to navigate themselves in murky

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    The human body has five senses that keep in touch with what is going on in the external world: touch‚ taste‚ smell‚ sight‚ and hearing. Below I will describe how these senses work. Taste- The tongue is the body part that helps us sense taste. The tongue consists of taste buds (mushroom like projections) which are specific receptors for sense of taste. Each bud contains several cell types in microvilli that project through pores and chemically sense food. Gustatory receptor cells communicate with

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    Poetry can evoke a wide spectrum of emotions ranging from sadness to exultation through the poet’s manipulation of the 5 primal senses; sight‚ sound‚ taste‚ smell and touch. This essay shall explore the emotive language used by Great War poets in order to evoke the senses in the reader‚ so that the more abstract issues in war can become tangible in those who are lucky enough to have never experienced battle. "All forms of imaginative literature‚ including drama and film‚ follow the same principle

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    place where they can just relax and have no worries. Well‚ my place where I can always relax and have no worries is sweet and salty. This place is warm and not too cool year around. Also‚ my place has many qualities that deals with the five senses. The five senses includes seeing‚ tasting‚ hearing‚ feeling‚ and smelling. Out of all the vacations I have taken with my family‚ my favorite vacation place with my family is the beach. Everyday I can imagine the beach right in front on me. I look out

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    “Without the senses there would be no religion‚ for religion is founded on a relation between embodied beings and the world around them.” (IRS‚ 69) The senses help us construct and allow us to partake in the world’s religions. The faiths of the world are deeply fixed in the customs of culture and connect to the human experience. Aesthetics is important to religion‚ they are firm in our human sensory experience‚ it is the way human bodies sense their religious worlds‚ especially through sight‚ sound

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    New York Through the Five Senses New York City is a place that can distinctly appeal to all five of your senses. You can smell‚ hear‚ taste‚ feel‚ and most definitely see New York. It is one of those places that have something interesting to offer for everyone. With its fast-pace‚ something is always going on. It truly is the “City That Never Sleeps”. When you step out onto New York’s streets you hear sirens‚ honking horns‚ garbage trucks‚ cars rushing by‚ the click clacks of heels‚ hundreds

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………………….ix LIST OF FIGURES…………………………………………………………………..x ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xii ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………..xv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background Information 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Hypotheses 5 1.4 Research Questions 5 1.5 Objectives of the Study 6 1.5.1 General Objective 6 1.5.2 Specific Objectives: 6 1.6 Justification 7

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    abilities and do not think about the possibility of not being able to see or hear. In order to describe sound and sight to a person who cannot experience either‚ it must contain descriptive words that use the three other basic human senses. Also‚ describing the three other senses while using literary devices‚ such as similes. One everyday event a person can experience is walking through the park. Walking through the park has many exciting endeavors; there are children playing‚ the wonderful smell of

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    A sensory system consists of the five main senses: sight‚ hearing‚ smell‚ touch and taste. Each individual sense posses their own advantages and disadvantages‚ but all are crucial to a person’s survival. However‚ many individuals still take these natural gifts for granted. This is where the same question continues to surface; “if you had to give up one of your senses‚ which one would you select?” In other words‚ which sense could a person do best without? I think about this every single time I spend

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    gateways or modalities‚ six of these being the five sense organs plus the mind‚ or "inner sense‚" and the other six being the objects of each of these. The Eighteen Factors of Cognition Consciousness | Sense Organ | Object | Consciousness | | Eye | Material Shapes | Visual | | Ear | Sounds | Auditory | | Nose | Smells | Olfactory | | Tongue | Tastes | Gustatory | | Body | Tangibles | Tactile | | Mind Mental | Objects | Mental | (Senses+object)+interpretation=Perception. Perception+mental

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