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    The Five Special Senses

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    The disability i picked this time around affects one of the five special senses. An individual con become deaf in a variety of ways. It can be due to that they were born without the ability to hear, were in an accident that caused them to lose their sense of hearing, they might have ear wax blocking their ear drums, or they might have gotten an ear infection that turned bad. It is quite easy to tell if you are experiencing hearing loss. You can tell if you have to turn the volume up on the TV

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    Yin Ma AANT316 Paper 5 – Anatomy/Physiology of the Special Senses (vision/auditory) Color Perception Visual processing in our brain cannot be done without actual vision. The anatomy of the eye is carefully arranged with all the parts that assist our vision in an optimal way. A layer of connective tissue called the sclera surrounds the eyeball. Underneath it is the choroid, which is rich in blood vessels that supply the eye. Attached to this layer is the lens by cililary muscles. The lens focus

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    nevertheless to co-refer to physical properties. One candidate to play the special role of phenomenal concepts vis-à-vis physical concepts is the so-called "experience thesis", that is, the thesis these concepts are experience-dependent: *one can only possess a phenomenal concept C if one undergoes the relevant experience about what the concept is about*. Besides the experience thesis, a second candidate to play the special feature in phenomenal concepts are their different *reference-fixing mechanisms*

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    some cold sweet lemonade. Your senses allow you to feel, taste, smell, hear, and most importantly they allow you to see. Our senses tend to play a large role onto how we perceive everything around us. This is stated in the poem titled, We grow accustomed to the Dark by Emily Dickinson, An essay called Coming to our Senses by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and the book review written by Matilda Battersby, which was tiled Every Second Counts. All three texts establish how our senses aren't enough to facilitate

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    nuclear-powered rocket sled hurtling at Mach2 through a canyon on the fourth moon of Altair VI. The chair worked in conjunction with my Shaptic Bootsuit, a full-body haptic feedback suit. It covered every inch of my body from the neck down and (…) could both sense and inhibit my movements. Built into the inside of the suit was a web like network of miniature actuators that made contact with my skin every few centimeters. These could be activated in small or large groups for the purpose

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    Our five senses connect our minds with the world that surrounds us. Many people begin to experience difficulties with their senses as they age. If an individual with Alzheimer’s or a related disorder begins to lose some of these senses, the confusion that he or she is already experiencing may worsen. Even when an individual has difficulty making sense of complex sensory stimuli, a pleasant sensation can still provide enjoyment and an unpleasant one can evoke a feeling of disgust. There are numerous

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    Both Plato and Aristotle are among the most influential philosophers in the history. Socrates was another famous philosopher who greatly influenced Plato. Plato was the pupil of Socrates and later Plato became the teacher of Aristotle. Although Aristotle followed his teachings for a long time, he found many questionable facts in his teachings and later on became a great critic of Plato’s teachings. Since Aristotle found faults in Plato, hence their work is easily comparable as it is based on the

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    stage in his development. These periods of sensitivity are transitory. They only last for a certain duration of time. Some sensitive periods run parallel, some overlap and some succeed each other. When the goal of the period is accomplished, the special sensitivity simply falls away. In other words, it reaches its peak and dies away. The concept of Sensitive Periods in a child’s life will remain forever as Dr. Maria Montessori’s greatest discovery. Even though the concept was first used by a famous

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    Nocturnal animals are more active at night than daytime. These animals sleep during daytime and hunt their food at night. They have special adaptation that helps them to survive at night. They prefer to come out at night to escape the daytime heat though some nocturnal animals can be seen during the day and others spend the whole day resting or sleeping. There are millions of animals and some of it is nocturnal animals. We haven’t discovered all of it and other nocturnal animals become extinct as

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    when we try to know about something or have to make a judgment. In contrast, reason can help us to detect the truth clearly. According to Sherlock Holmes, who prided himself on having made the ‘faculties of deduction and logical synthesis’ his ‘special province’. In one mystery concerning the theft of and expensive race horse, a police officer asks Holmes if any aspect of the crime strikes him as significant. The solution to this crime hinges on the fact that the watchdog guarding the horse did

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