#mental_faculty__faculty__module  one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
  supertype:  ability.cognition  possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
  subtype:  attention.mental_faculty  the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"
     subtype:  engrossment__absorption  complete attention; intense mental effort
        subtype:  focussing__focu__focusing__centering  the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"
           subtype:  particularism  a focus on something particular
        subtype:  specialism  the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation
        subtype:  study.engrossment  a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
     subtype:  mental_note  speical attention with intent to remember; "he made a mental note to send her flowers"
     subtype:  watchfulness__vigilance__alertness__alertnes  the process of paying close and continuous attention
        subtype:  jealousy  zealous vigilance: "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard
  subtype:  faculty_of_language__language__speech  the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
  subtype:  retention__memory__retentiveness__retentivenes  the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
     subtype:  remembrance__anamnesis__anamnesi  the ability to recall past occurrences
  subtype:  reason.mental_faculty__understanding__intellect  the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
  subtype:  sentiency__sense__sensation__sentience__sensory_faculty__sensoryfaculty  the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
     subtype:  sense_modality__sensemodality__modality__sensory_system__sensorysystem  a particular sense
        subtype:  visual_sense__sight__vision__visual_modality  the ability to see; the faculty of vision
           subtype:  achromatic_vision  vision using the rods
           subtype:  visual_acuity__acuity__sharp-sightedness__sharpsightednes  sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
              subtype:  oxyopia  unusually acute vision
           subtype:  binocular_vision__binocularvision  vision involving the use of both eyes
              subtype:  stereoscopic_vision__stereoscopy  three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina
           subtype:  central_vision__centralvision  vision using the fovea and parafovea
           subtype:  color_vision__colorvision__chromatic_vision__chromaticvision__trichromacy  the normal ability to see colors
           subtype:  distance_vision  vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer
           subtype:  eyesight__seeing__sightedness__sightednes  use of the faculty of vision
           subtype:  monocular_vision__monocularvision  vision with only one eye
           subtype:  near_vision  vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer
           subtype:  night_vision__nightvision__nightsight__scotopic_vision__twilight_vision  the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
           subtype:  daylight_vision__photopic_vision  normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived
              subtype:  foveal_vision  vision with the fovea
           subtype:  peripheral_vision  vision using only the periphery of the retina
        subtype:  somatosense  any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
           subtype:  sense_of_touch__touch__skin_senses__touch_modality__touchmodality__cutaneous_senses  the faculty of touch; "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
           subtype:  kinesthesia__feeling_of_movement  the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
        subtype:  sense_of_hearing__hearing__audition__auditory_sense__auditory_modality  the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
           subtype:  ear.sense_of_hearing  good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"
           subtype:  absolute_pitch__perfect_pitch__perfectpitch  the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
        subtype:  sense_of_taste__taste__gustation__gustatory_modality__gustatorymodality  the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
        subtype:  sense_of_smell__smell__olfaction__olfactory_modality__olfactorymodality  the faculty of smell
           subtype:  nose.sense_of_smell  the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a good nose"
     subtype:  sensitivity.sentiency__sensitiveness__sensitivenes  (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli: "sensitivity to pain"
        subtype:  hypersensitivity  extreme sensitivity
        subtype:  responsiveness.sensitivity__reactivity  responsive to stimulation
           subtype:  excitability__irritability  excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
        subtype:  exteroception  sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
           subtype:  visual_sense__sight__vision__visual_modality  the ability to see; the faculty of vision
           subtype:  sense_of_touch__touch__skin_senses__touch_modality__touchmodality__cutaneous_senses  the faculty of touch; "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
           subtype:  sense_of_hearing__hearing__audition__auditory_sense__auditory_modality  the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
           subtype:  sense_of_taste__taste__gustation__gustatory_modality__gustatorymodality  the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
           subtype:  sense_of_smell__smell__olfaction__olfactory_modality__olfactorymodality  the faculty of smell
        subtype:  interoception  sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
           subtype:  proprioception  the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts
              subtype:  kinesthesis__kinesthesi__kinaesthesis__kinesthesia__kinesthetics__muscle_sense__sense_of_movement  the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
              subtype:  kinanesthesia  inability to sense movement
              subtype:  sense_of_equilibrium__equilibrium__labyrinthine_sense__vestibular_sense__sense_of_balance  a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
           subtype:  somesthesis__somesthesi__somesthesia__somaesthesis__somatesthesia__somatatesthesis__somatatesthesi__somatosensory_system__somatosensorysystem__somatic_sensory_system__somaticsensorysystem__somatic_sense__somaticsense  the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
              subtype:  tactual_sensation__tactualsensation__tactility__touchperception__skinperceptivenes  the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
              subtype:  kinesthesia__feeling_of_movement  the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
        subtype:  photosensitivity__radiosensitivity  sensitivity to the action of radiant energy
  subtype:  volition__will  the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention: "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith
     subtype:  velleity  volition in its weakest form

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