Perception and Sensation

Major Concepts	Commonly Used Terms	SNOMED CRG Working Definition
Perception function	perception	Perception is a function that endows a person with the capacity to mentally represent internal and external stimuli. The realization of this function is the mental representation of a stimulus. The inputs to the perception function are often (but not always) the outputs of a sensory function.
Perceptual process	perception
Perceptual experience	a perception
Sensory function	sensation
Sensory process	sensation
Sensory experience	a sensation
Sensory perception function		Sensory perception is a function that endows a person with the capacity to detect internal and external stimuli via sensory transducer structures in the body and transmit this information to the brain (sensory function), then cognitively represent, organize, and interpret this information (perception function). The realization of the sensory perception function is the acquisition of information from stimuli both within the body and the external environment.

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ID	Step	Action Item	Assigned To	Start Date
1	Define scope of work	Identify the major concept around which to organize a manageable project (scope of work) Complete the major concept table and iterative update as project progresses (CRG to finalize the definition for SNOMED once all research has been completed)	Piper Allyn Ranallo	25 Jan 2021
2	Perform analysis of concepts in SNOMED	Create concept template spreadsheet Observable entities Clinical findings Create entity dot-diagrams Observable entities Clinical findings
3	Identify stakeholder groups	Perform environmental scan to identify relevant organizations developing or using clinical terminology Scientific Clinical Perform environmental scan to identify relevant patient advocacy groups Track in stakeholder organization table
4	Reach out to stakeholder groups for specific pain points, use cases, and documentation templates	Perform concept gap analysis
5	Identify relevant terminologies and ontologies	Perform analysis of concepts in UMLS Perform analysis of concepts in OBO Foundry Perform environmental scan to identify non-UMLS terminologies
6	Document key use cases	Identify any special use cases not addressed in the generic master use case documents