perceptual
Related to sensing
Perceptual relates to perception—the process of becoming aware through the senses.
A perceptual shift changes how something is seen or understood.
Perceptual skills involve interpreting sensory information.
The word appears often in psychology and philosophy: The painting creates a perceptual illusion that makes flat surfaces appear three-dimensional.
Mental knowledge acquisition
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- categorizationArranging into groups
processing · representation · learning · memory · encoding · filtering · integration · organization
Ability to see
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- smellOlfactory perception
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
sight · auditory · gustatory · olfactory · tactile · visual · acoustic · aural
State of sentient awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- noticingBecoming aware of
- observationAttentive watching or remark
mindfulness · realization · awakening · discernment · clarity · sensitivity · attentiveness · receptivity
Assigned meaning
- construalAct of interpreting meaning
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- outlookAttitude toward the future
lens · frame · paradigm · worldview · standpoint · subjectivity · bias · filter
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
categorization · processing · representation · learning · memory · encoding · filtering · integration · organization · interpretation
vision
Ability to see
touch · sight · auditory · gustatory · olfactory · tactile · visual · acoustic · aural · optic
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
observation · mindfulness · realization · awakening · discernment · clarity · sensitivity · attentiveness · receptivity · openness
interpretation
Assigned meaning
- construalAct of interpreting meaning
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- viewpointWay of seeing things
outlook · lens · frame · paradigm · worldview · standpoint · subjectivity · bias · filter · distortion
- qualitativequalitative, descriptive, interpretive, subjective, observational
perceptualconceptual
Of or relating to ideas
nonsensory · intellectual · abstract · theoretical · ideational
- perceptual constancyRecognizing unchanged objects despite varying input