- Sensation is the biological consequence of stimulating a sensory organ such as the rods and cones in our eyes. - Perception also includes context and incorporates the information our brain has about past experiences. --- Sensation is the immediate biological consequence of stimulating a sensory organ, such as the photoreceptors in our eyes. Sensory events can affect our behavior directly, but they lack context. Perception, as we have seen, incorporates the information our brain receives from the external world with knowledge based on learning from earlier experiences and hypothesis testing. - [[Reductionism in Art and Brain Science]]