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During the experiment of eating while blindfolded, I relied on all five senses but in different ways than I would have if not blindfolded. The most important sense I used was a smell; then I used my touching sense second, thirdly I used my taste, kinesthetic, and lastly my hearing. I feel that smelling my food first was most important because honestly, my child chose the food I was going to eat without me knowing what it was. I had to small the food to get a sense of what it was. Then I touched and felt the food while tasting bit by bit to ensure I wasn’t going to be appalled at the food I was blindfolded and eating. I have always been weird about my foods and undertaking this experiment; I wanted to be blinded to the food; this included not seeing the food firsthand at what I was experimenting with. I found the experiment quite refreshing to be eating in the dark. It isn’t something I would feel I could get used to, but if given the situation would arise that I must, I feel prepared to the point where the concept would be a bit easy. I am the type of person who likes examining the foods I eat, making sure no mold is on my fruits and veggies, making sure the meat I am consuming has no red or pink in it, and so forth. So being blinded was somewhat scary, although interesting. I usually visually examine my foods and smell them at the same time while in the light but being blindfolded I did take a couple of steps differently and then was beginning by smelling as opposed to visually looking at it first. I believe that the tasting was the most appealing, and the hearing was the most unappealing. The tasting was appealing because it is sort of like picking up a glass thinking you are going to be drinking coke, but it turns out to be tea. At the same time, although you like both drinks, you become appalled at the drink because you wanted coke, not tea. I didn’t like the fact I found myself focusing on hearing what I was eating. I realized that dining in the light I don’t do this. Amazingly, the senses that we have all transformed from real-world sensations into various

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processes that occur in the brain (“Sensation and Perception,” n.d.). I am focusing more on the taste of the food while in the light as opposed to being blind. Unless necessary, I don’t find myself dining in the dark again. I like seeing what I am eating and being blind; this is not possible. However, I have understood that my perceptions of eating while blinded were more extreme. In the light, I was never aware of the actual sensations that it takes to eat, except for the visual and taste.

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Reference Sensation and Perception. (n.d.). Retrieved June 06, 2019, from https://nobaproject.com/modules/sensation-and-perception

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