Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become

The answer is thought
Our brain first will receive all the data thorough out senses (vision, smell, taste,touch, and hearing). After the data is received, our brain will pinpoint which data is relevant to our personal situation and analyze it to determine whether we should do something about that data or not, and this outcome is what we most commonly known as thought

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