FUNCTION OBSERVABLE ENTITY CONCEPTS
| MODAILITY, FUNCTION | FSN | NARRATIVE DEFINITION | IS-A | INHERENT LOCATION |
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| All, Perceptual | Perception function (observable entity) | add | | Cognitive function (observable entity) | | | Brain structure (body structure) |
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| All, Sensory | Sensory function (observable entity) | add | | Nervous system function (observable entity) | | | Entire sensory nervous system (body structure) | |
| All, Sensory perception | Sensory perception function | add | | Nervous system function (observable entity) | | |
| Audition, All | | Auditory function (observable entity) | | An auditory function is a function that endows a person with the capacity to process sound stimuli (a class of energy capable of being detected by human auditory sensory receptors). The processes realized by the auditory function include a) transduction of sound stimuli into neural signals, b) transmission of transduced signals to the brain, c) processing of transduced signals along the entire transmission pathway, d) generation of a mental representation of the objective stimulus from the signals received by (and sometimes natively generated within) the brain, and e) the phenomenological experience of hearing. The auditory function inheres in physiological processes involving structures of the entire auditory system. | | Nervous system function (observable entity) | | | Entire auditory system (body structure) | |
| Vision, All | | Vision function (observable entity) | | add | | Nervous system function (observable entity) | | | Entire visual system (body structure) | |
| Olfaction, All | | Olfactory function (observable entity) | | add | | Nervous system function (observable entity) | | | Entire olfactory system (body structure) | |
| Gustation, All | | Gustation function (observable entity) | | add | | Nervous system function (observable entity) | | | Entire gustatory system (body structure) | |
| Touch, All | | Tactile function (observable entity) | | add | | Nervous system function (observable entity) | | NEW | Entire tactile system (body structure) |
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Audition, Sensation | | Auditory sensory function (observable entity) | | add | | Sensory function (observable entity) | | NEW | Structure of auditory sensory system (body structure) | |
| Vision, Sensation | | Visual sensory function (observable entity) | | add | | Sensory function (observable entity)) | | NEW | Structure of visual sensory system (body structure) | |
| Olfaction, Sensation | | Smell sensory function (observable entity) | | add | | Sensory function (observable entity)) | | NEW | Structure of olfactory sensory system (body structure) | |
| Gustation, Sensation | | Taste sensory function (observable entity) | | The gustatory (taste) sensory function endows a person with the capacity to X, Y, Z. The realization of the this function is A, B, C. Inputs to this function are L, M, N. This function inheres in physiological functions carried out in body structure Q. | | Sensory function (observable entity) | | NEW | Structure of gustatory sensory system (body structure) | |
| Touch, Sensation | | Touch sensory function (observable entity) | | The tactile (touch) sensory function endows a person with the capacity to X, Y, Z. The realization of the this function is A, B, C. Inputs to this function are L, M, N. This function inheres in physiological functions carried out in body structure Q. | | Sensory function (observable entity| | NEW | Structure of tactile sensory system (body structure) | |
Audition, Perception | | Auditory perception function (observable entity) | | The auditory (sound) sensory function endows a person with the capacity to X, Y, Z. The realization of the this function is A, B, C. Inputs to this function are L, M, N. This function inheres in physiological functions carried out in body structure Q. | | Perception function (observable entity) | | MODIFY | Structure of central auditory system (body structure) | |
| Vision, Perception | | Visual perception function (observable entity) | | The visual (sight) sensory function endows a person with the capacity to X, Y, Z. The realization of the this function is A, B, C. Inputs to this function are L, M, N. This function inheres in physiological functions carried out in body structure Q. | | Perception function (observable entity)) | | MODIFY | Entire central sensory visual system (body structure) | |
| Olfaction, Perception | | Smell perception function (observable entity) | | The olfactory (smell) sensory function endows a person with the capacity to X, Y, Z. The realization of the this function is A, B, C. Inputs to this function are L, M, N. This function inheres in physiological functions carried out in body structure Q. | | Perception function (observable entity)) | | NEW | Structure of central olfactory system (body structure) | |
| Gustation, Perception | | Taste perception function (observable entity) | | The taste perception function endows a person with the capacity to create a mental representation of a stimulus based on signals transmitted to the brain from the olfactory sensory system (i.e., the universe of outputs/signals generated by the universe of processes made possible and instantiated by the sensory function). Processes realized by the taste perception function include identifying specific stimulus properties, generating a gestalt mental model, retrieving information from memory, generating a phenomenological experience, generating thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, emotional/motivational responses, etc. Inputs to the taste perception function are (output) signals from the taste sensory transduction function. Outputs of the taste perception function are mental representations and the phenomenological experience of that include the features of the stimulus that can be known (based on domain, range of the taste perception function) bout the stimulus (sweetness, nutritional value, hedonic value, etc.) | | Perception function (observable entity) | | NEW | Structure of central gustatory system (body structure) | |
| Touch, Perception | | Touch perception function (observable entity) | | add | | Perception function (observable entity) | | NEW | Structure of central tactile system (body structure) | |
