sensory input
What senses detect
Sensory input refers to information received by the brain through the senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, and internal signals like balance or body position.
The term appears frequently in psychology, neuroscience, and discussions of how organisms perceive and respond to their environment.
Children with autism may be overwhelmed by sensory input in crowded spaces.
The phrase emphasizes the raw data aspect of perception, before the brain processes it into coherent experience.
- textureSurface tactile quality
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- white noiseConstant random sound
- ringing earsPerceived sound, no source
- kinesthesiaSense of bodily movement
vibration · light · proprioception · flavor · equilibrium · touch · nerve endings · color · stimulus · receptor · pitch · pain · spatial awareness · pressure · goose bumps · hearing · sweetness · scent
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- sensessight, smell, taste, hearing, touch
- stimulationarousal, excitement, activation, impulse, impulses
- brain functionscognition, attention, thinking, reasoning, learning
- overstimulationoverstimulation, cognitive overload, cacophony, overwhelm, information overload
- Ideationbrainstorming, mind mapping, idea generation, ideas, brain dump
sensory inputthought
Mental concept or reflection
memory · imagination · mental imagery · introspection · reasoning
sensory inputsensory deprivation
Blocking all external stimuli
sensory isolation · numbness · anesthesia · blackout · silence