Perception is a brain interpretation that need not use all sensory detail

Evidence

The organization of sensations and perceptions has been a long-standing topic in experimental psychology. Sensation refers to the representation of a real-world object by a sensory organ, whereas perception means the higher-level interpretation of the real-world object formed by the brain based on a set of sensations. Perceptions are complete interpretations of objects or events, whose organization does not require exhaustive sensory information about the object being inspected. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1323

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the sensation-versus-perception distinction, a foundational definition for acoustic communication.
• XREF: connects to: Perception is the one recreation that does not consume its resource — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other…, 606; The brain actively generates what it expects to see, not what is actually there — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 61; Human vision is probabilistic inference, not faithful recording of light — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 58 (+2 more)