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The Proximal Sense
By Max Drodofsky
What is Proximity?
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In order to know and understand
the proximal sense, you should
know what Proximity is.
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Proximity is one’s nearness in
place, time, order, occurrence, or
relation.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Proximity
Perception
A big part of the proximal sense is
perception. How you perceive your
surroundings and interpret what is
happening in the world around you.
Vision and hearing are the main ways of
Proximal perception. When you see
things you are visually seeing the depth
and detail around you, and when you hear
you are hearing where people are in
relation to what you are seeing. People
who are blind can sense proximity
through just their ears, hearing where
people are in relation to them instead of
seeing them.
The Distal and Proximal Stimulus
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How does this Proximity stuff work?
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There are two things you must also know before you
can understand the proximal sense, the Proximal
and the Distal Stimuli.
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Distal Stimuli – “The distal stimulus is the stimulus
of an object as it actually exists in the real world.
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Proximal Stimuli – Registers the information given
by the Distal stimuli, example: A train that is coming
down the tracks. The Train itself is the Distal stimuli.
The light reflected off the train and the sound coming
from the train is the Proximal stimuli and is sent to
your sensory receptors (eyes and ears).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distal_stimulus
Proximal Receptors: Eyes
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The Retina is a sensory tissue that is in the back of the eye, it contains potoreceptors that
capture light (after being stimulated by the proximal and Distal stimulus.) and that light is
turned into electrical impulses. Then the light is carried up the optic nerve and to the brain in
which they are then turned into Images
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http://www.stlukeseye.com/anatomy/Retina.asp
Proximal Receptors: The Ears
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The Eardrum receives vibrations from
sound producing mechanisms from your
surroundings. The soundwaves then
travel up the auditory canal and then go
into the inner ear. Hearing helps the
proximal sense in a great way. Its is like
seeing with more than your eyes. Without
you ears, you would not have a clear
picture of whats going on in your
surroundings
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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/HBASE/Sound/ear.html
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