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perception
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the set of psychological processes by which people recognize, organize, synthesize, and give meaning (in the brain) to the sensations received from environmental stimuli (in the sense organs)
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agnosia
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a severe deficit in the ability to perceive sensory information, usually related to the visual sensory modality: agnosics have normal sensations but lack the abiltiy to interpret and recognize what they sense, usually as a result of lesions in the brain (from Greek, a-, "lack", gnosis, "knowledge")
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consciousness
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the complex phenomenon of evaluating the environment and then filtering that information through the mind, with awareness of doing so; may be viewed as the mental reality created in order to adapt to the world.
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attention
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the cognitive link between the limited amount of information that is actually manipulated mentally and the enormous amount of information available through the senses, stored memories, and other cognitive processes.
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subliminal perception
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a form of preconscious processing, in which people may be able to detect information without being aware that they are doing so.
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