Sensory Faculty (Noun)
Meaning
The faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- Our senses provide us with information about the world through our sensory faculty.
- Young children often rely heavily on their sensory faculty to learn about their environment.
- The sensory faculty is divided into five distinct categories: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.
- People who are sight-impaired often develop a more acute sense of their other sensory faculty, such as hearing or touch.
- Art therapists often use a variety of techniques to reach patients on a deeper level through their sensory faculty.