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8 Types of Sensory Information

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Sensory information is meaning that can be directly perceived by the human senses. The following are the primary types of sensory information.

Visual Information

Information that can be seen such as facial expressions, written text and diagrams.

Auditory Information

Information that can be heard such as music.

Proprioception

Awareness of your physical self such as how your arms are moving or how much force your muscles are exerting.

Sense of Touch

The ability to feel information using your body such as the ability to judge the temperature of water.

Haptic Perception

Gaining information by touching something while moving. This typically means moving your hands over a surface. For example, haptic perception is used to read braille.

Balance

A sense of your body relative to external forces, particularly gravity.

Taste

The ability to perceive the flavor of substances.

Smell

Information about the composition of air such as the ability to detect smoke.
Overview: Sensory Information
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Information that can be directly perceived by the human senses.
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