Structured Summary
Abstract
The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted.
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Narrower headings
- Auditory Perception
- Body Image
- Depth Perception
- Eidetic Imagery
- Field Dependence-Independence
- Illusions
- Interoception
- Olfactory Perception
- Pain Perception
- Perceptual Distortion
- Physiological Pattern Recognition
- Psychological Discrimination
- Sensory Deprivation
- Sensory Thresholds
- Size Perception
- Social Perception
- Space Perception
- Taste Perception
- Time Perception
- Touch Perception
- Visual Perception
- Weight Perception
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Synonyms
2 entry terms
- Sensory Processing
- Processing, Sensory
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Aspects Covered
5 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.
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Indexing Annotation
general; prefer specifics
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Perception. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010465. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010465
- Perception. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception
- Perception. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402