The word 'perception' comes from the Latin word percepio, meaning “receiving, collecting, action of taking possession, apprehension with the mind or senses”.

How is perception formed?

Our perceptions are based on how we interpret different sensations. The perceptual process begins with receiving stimuli from the environment and ends with our interpretation of those stimuli.

Where does our sense of perception come from?

The process of perception begins with an object in the real world, known as the distal stimulus or distal object. By means of light, sound, or another physical process, the object stimulates the body's sensory organs. These sensory organs transform the input energy into neural activity—a process called transduction.