Outputs of the perception function are mental representations of the perceived object or environment and the phenomenological experience of the object or environment. Inputs to the perception function are (output) signals from the entire sensory function. Processes realized by the perception function include a) identifying specific stimulus properties, b) generating a gestalt mental model of the stimulus and/or about the environment from the stimulus, c) retrieving information from memory, d) generating a phenomenological experience, e) generating thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, emotional/motivational responses, etc. The perception function endows a person with the capacity to create a mental representation of a stimulus (an object or energy) based on signals transmitted to the brain from the sensory system (i.e., the universe of outputs/signals generated by the universe of processes made possible and instantiated by the sensory function). What is known about inputs to the perception function? Does the signal always originate somewhere in structures of the sensory function (whether or not the stimulus is present) OR can the perceptual function be instantiated by signals from other functions? However, perception sometimes occurs in the absence of any sensory stimulus, for example, in hallucination. The inputs to the perception function are typically the outputs of a sensory process. The realization of this function is the mental representation of the detected stimulus, and the phenomenological experience that the stimulus is objectively present as perceived. Perception is a function that endows a person with the capacity to mentally represent internal and external stimuli detected by sensory organs. Perception, generation of a mental model or image SNOMED CRG Working Definition (brainstorming definitions only, please provide input via comment)
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