percept

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The stage is the central workspace of the mind, with a small working memory capacity for representing a single percept, thought or memory.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

A percept in the absence of sensation; the runaway model had gone rogue.

From Scientific American • Mar. 19, 2018

Some people probably have such finely balanced assumptions that any number of factors could yield their percept to switch rapidly.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2017

It wasn't a memory it was a percept, though not one such as you would have.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2015

There is not a single percept or concept in what is now called “New Thought,” that may not be found repeated with almost endless variations thousands of years ago.

From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by Buck, J. D. (Jirah Dewey)