apperception

noun

1. 1

   (especially Kantianism) 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. 2

   Psychological or mental perception; recognition.

3. 3

   The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.