#identity framework

• Self-perception — A mental, cognitive, or sensory process through which an individual consciously perceives, decodes, and integrates their own internal states, emotions, impulses, or physiological signals; a structural reflexive act of becoming aware of the somatic and psychic self. In neurophysiology, it describes the nervous system's capacity to process native interoceptive and proprioceptive stimuli, forming the baseline for bodily identity and the mental representation of one's own ego.