microperseps
Microperseps is a term used in some cognitive science and phenomenology discussions to describe the smallest units of perceptual experience. In this usage, a micropersept is a fleeting sensory event that occurs at the edge of awareness and contributes to the formation of larger percepts through rapid, sequential processing and cross-modal integration. The concept aims to capture how perception is built from many tiny fragments rather than from a single, indivisible moment of experience.
The idea rests on the notion that conscious perception emerges from a cascade of micro-level events in
In practice, researchers pursue micropercepts through high-resolution psychophysics, electrophysiology, and neuroimaging. Evidence for micropercepts is inferred
Critics argue that micropercepts risk reifying subjective experience and that the term may overlap with established