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Unit 10: Foundation 6: Processing the environment

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How do we use our senses to perceive and respond to our environments? Examine question from a few angles as we explore different types of sensory perception, frameworks of cognition, consciousness, attention, and memory, the role of language and communication, and how perception can be altered by factors such as drug dependency or lack of sleep.