# Perception Decoding **Entity class:** Neural-decoding capability **Domain:** Neuroscience / Brain-computer interfaces **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Perception decoding infers what a person is currently seeing, hearing, or otherwise sensing from measured neural activity. ## Mechanism and significance It should be distinguished from unrestricted thought decoding because perception experiments provide an external stimulus that can anchor training and evaluation. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Neural Decoding and Cognitive Systems|Neural Decoding and Cognitive Systems]] - **Primary fields:** [[Neural Decoding]] · [[Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Self-Generating Brain-Imaging Dataset]] · [[Visual-Cortex Reconstruction]] · [[Language Decoding]] · [[Imagined-Image Decoding]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.