Viewing the environment as a seamless unity of places, organisms, and perceptions, it challenges the importance of traditional dichotomies, such as that between subject and object.
Stress comes in a variety of forms and, as proposed in this work, does not necessarily require a specific physical or biological insult but rather may arise from the organism's perception of its relative state or environment.
He also shows that an organism's perception of its environment is subject to selection, a mechanism that could reduce the initial impact of environmental degradation or alleviate it over the longer run.
The broadest is nutrition, which is shared by all natural living organisms; animals have perception in addition; and among natural organisms humans alone have mind.
The Immortal investigates human dependence on electronics, the desire to make machines replicate organisms and our perception of anatomy as reflected by biomedical engineering.
For a long time, the debate on green biotechnology, was oriented at potential risks from the intentional or unintentional release of genetically modified organisms, its public perception and the political consequences thereof.
The internal state of an organism influences its perception of attractive or aversive stimuli and thus promotes adaptive behaviors that increase its likelihood of survival.
Current neuroscience distinguishes a spectrum of degrees of "consciousness" among organisms, ranging from basic perception of external stimuli to fully developed self-consciousness.
According to this psychology of perception, when organisms are confronted with a set of elements, they perceive a whole pattern or configuration, rather than bits and pieces, against a background.
Infochemical effects have been defined as the manipulation of the odour perception of organisms by anthropogenic substances which may result in ecologically relevant behavioural disorder.
