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  • noun Plural form of sensation.

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Examples

  • Let us provisionally apply to these modifications the term sensations, without settling the question of their physical or mental nature.

    The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Alfred Binet 1884

  • We may continue to suppose that matter exists, and even that it is matter which provokes in our mind those events which we call our sensations; but we cannot know if by its nature, its essence, this matter differs from that of mind, since we shall be ignorant of all its properties.

    The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Alfred Binet 1884

  • In like manner, it is easy to see that the roundness and the hardness are forms of our consciousness, belonging to the groups which we call sensations of sight and touch.

    Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • It has come to our attention -- or, rather, certain sensations have activated neurons in our brain -- that there are people who believe in unseen and immaterial beings.

    May 16th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an “emotionless monster,” a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

    Chapter 23 2010

  • By contrast, pain fibers only pick up sensations from a millimeter away.

    Mozart, Mahler, Magic ewillett 2008

  • Experiencing numbers as colors or sensations is a well-documented form of synesthesia, but Tammet is unique in how specific and detailed his mental imagery of numbers is.

    Eight Diseases that Give You Super Human Powers | Impact Lab 2007

  • Having our senses engaged by image, sound, even touch, through the devices that facilitate such sensations, is the role multimedia play in virtual space and, by extension, virtual games.

    Games in Virtual Environments 2005

  • In both cases the background to the dreamlike experiences, with their confused and abnormal mental sensations, is the same.

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1970 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • The life of the adult is practically an application of the senses to the gathering of sensations from the environment.

    The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912

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