Essays on Perception

Human perception of daily events and objects vary significantly from one person to another. The perception of the world around us depends on our vision (Langer 41). Besides, our interest in other things in our surrounding also affects our perception of the things. In this...

After going through on of the few ted talks sessions these days that I actually enjoyed, I must say that the idea of perception vs reality is very thought provoking. As part of one of my lessons, my father once talked about how “things are...

The COMPASS is a nine-year study which started in 2012-2013, whose aim is to examine how young individuals’ weight perception influences physical activity (PA) and dietary behaviours. Hierarchical longitudinal data were collected from student and school guidelines questionnaires, observational data of school’s facilities, and individualized...

In our everyday life, we hold habitual perception to previously encountered situations. Both mentally and physically we have developed a default tendency to habituate what is familiar to us and bypass conscious thoughts, thereby escaping from the tension of new responses. Once something has become...

In Judaism, or any monotheistic religion, God is recognized as the Supreme Being who had brought all into existence. God, also known as YHWH, was believed to have led the Israelites out of Egypt. YHWH was significant for He brought the Torah into existence at...

Ever since our existence on Earth, we humans have been attempting to grasp the fickle concept of what the perfect human body is like. It is not just limited to how we appear physically but rather how our bodies are read according to their nature...

Art, itself, has a strong relationship with ways of perception and symbolism. There is always some type of symbolic meaning and perception in regards to art. In chapter 2 of the book, Art Through the Ages, it talks about Ancient Mesopotamia and Persian art. Art...