Re: Difference between cognition and perception? (Andrew Milne )

Subject: Re: Difference between cognition and perception?
From:    Andrew Milne  <andymilne(at)DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
Date:    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:17:19 +0100

How odd -- I asked an almost identical question on the sci.cognitive
newgroup back in 1997. I wrote:

    Hi there everyone,

    I am looking for some reasonably precise definitions that are able to
    elucidate the difference between "perception" and "cognition", as well
    as any other concepts that may be relevant.

    My general intuition would be that the process by which a physical
    stimulus becomes a mental "state" is:

    stimulus --> (transduction?) --> perception --> cognition --> (qualia?)

    Are there more stages in this overall process, or less, or in a
    different order?

    Any help would be gratefully received.


I received no response. I would also love to hear if anyone can provide a
"definitive" defintion ;)

Andy Milne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Woojay Jeon" <wjjeon(at)ECE.GATECH.EDU>
To: <AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 6:34 PM
Subject: Difference between cognition and perception?


> Hello,
>
> I am wondering if anyone can clarify the exact difference between
> "cognition" and "perception", at least in terms of acoustics, and also
> provide some examples illustrating the difference?
>
> Thanks,
> Woojay Jeon