apperceptions

Noun

apperception (countable and uncountable, plural apperceptions)

1. (especially, uncountable) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
2. (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
   • Conception is... the simplest act of thinking; it is the apprehension of the universal, as perception is the apperception of the particular.1887, John Dewey, Psychology
3. (countable) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.