Spectrum sensing: perceiving the portions of the spectrum currently available.
The second passage is in First Replies, in which Descartes says that just as we can clearly and distinctly perceive part of a chiliagon if we focus our attention, we can clearly and distinctly perceive a portion of the sea (AT 7 113).
Most educational interventions have focused on decreasing individuals' experience of portion distortion [ 24– 28], which refers to the phenomenon that people perceive larger portions to be an appropriate amount to eat on a single eating occasion [ 29].
Humans readily perceive whole shapes as intact when portions of these shapes are occluded by another object (see Figures. 1A and 1F).
One possibility is that people may avoid selecting or consuming larger portions of products they perceive as unhealthy, but allow themselves to indulge when those products are presented in small sizes, thereby shifting from no consumption to some.
Humans readily perceive whole shapes as intact when some portions of these shapes are occluded by another object.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05652.001 Our senses constantly receive information from the world around us, but we consciously perceive only a small portion of it.
Earlier this year, the country's leading private radio broadcaster censored portions of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" because they were perceived to be offensive.
We begin with the thesis that every created substance perceives the entire universe, though only a portion of it is perceived distinctly, most of it being perceived unconsciously, and, hence, confusedly.
Those portions of the T-F plane dominated by the target signal, on the other hand, will be perceived from the target direction.
Portions of this post were adapted from my new best-selling book with Tory Higgins, Focus: Use Different Ways of Perceiving The World For Success and Influence.
