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Senses before seven: seeing, hearing, touch and the edited world

9 min readLast updated September 2026Beginner levelOfficial-source checked

The brain does not receive the world raw. It edits. Some of that editing can be protected. Some of it has a clock.

A young girl in purple glasses lies on a bright classroom rug, turning the pages of a picture book.
Figure 1. Glasses are not a verdict. They are sometimes the difference between a brain that gets a clear picture and a brain that gives up on one eye.

The brain does not receive the world raw. It edits. Some of that editing can be protected. Some of it has a clock.

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