percept
noun
per·cept
ˈpər-ˌsept 
: an impression of an object obtained by use of the senses : sense-datum
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Using a rigorous behavioral paradigm, the researchers found that when male participants unknowingly sniffed emotional tears — with no scent percept whatsoever — their aggressive behavior dropped by 43.7%.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2026
The stage is the central workspace of the mind, with a small working memory capacity for representing a single percept, thought or memory.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023
That's the sensibility but not the sense, not a percept of a specific face.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021
But more recent research showed that the statistically optimal sensory interpretation or percept is one that combines visual information about the speed of an object with general knowledge that most objects in the world tend to be stationary or slow moving.
—Robert Jacobs, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
The particular conscious perception that Reichert et al tracked was an example of a bistable visual percept.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2014
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2026
The stage is the central workspace of the mind, with a small working memory capacity for representing a single percept, thought or memory.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023
That's the sensibility but not the sense, not a percept of a specific face.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021
But more recent research showed that the statistically optimal sensory interpretation or percept is one that combines visual information about the speed of an object with general knowledge that most objects in the world tend to be stationary or slow moving.
—Robert Jacobs, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
The particular conscious perception that Reichert et al tracked was an example of a bistable visual percept.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2014
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percept
noun
per·cept
ˈpər-ˌsept
: an impression of an object obtained by use of the senses : sense-datum
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