Perception locus

a. taking-in of the world through the senses—vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste; b. mind’s construction of that world; c. Ger. Wahrnehmung, “true-taking” (wahr, true + nehmen, to take); after Fechner, logarithmic relation by which measured stimulus becomes felt sensation.

Getty AAT: The process of becoming aware of objects, qualities, or relations via the sense organs; involves the reception, processing, and interpretation of sensory impressions. (AAT 300055176)