Re: Difference between cognition and perception?

[beaucham <beaucham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My Digital Webster says:

perception: awareness of the elements of environment through physical
            sensation
            physical sensation interpreted in the light of experience
            quick, acute, and intuitive cognition

cognition:  the act or process of knowing including both awareness and
            judgment

Webster's New World Dictionary says:

cognition:  the process of knowing in the broadest sense, including
            perception, memory, and judgement.

I'm sure there are more useful and precise definitions.

Jim

On April 13, 2004 Andy Milne wrote:
>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@ECE.GATECH.EDU>
>To: <AUDITORY@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