Put yourself in this scene. You feel the warm sun, you are amazed by the beautiful colors of the mountains and trees. The mint candy in your mouth tastes as refreshing as the clean air around you. All of a sudden, the sound of an approaching train can be heard in the distance. This wondrous experience is brought to you complements of your senses by the process of sensation or how we receive information from the environment. The process takes in the physical stimuli from the environment and changes it into the electrical messages that can be understood and interpreted by the brain.

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Put yourself in this scene. You feel the warm sun, you are amazed by the beautiful colors of the mountains and trees. The mint candy in your mouth tastes as refreshing as the clean air around you. All of a sudden, the sound of an approaching train can be heard in the distance. This wondrous experience is brought to you complements of your senses by the process of sensation or  how we receive information from the environment. The process takes in the physical stimuli from the environment and changes it into the electrical messages that can be understood and interpreted by the brain.