The phrase "at first perceived" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an initial understanding or interpretation of something before further information or context is provided.
Example: "The painting was at first perceived as chaotic, but upon closer inspection, its intricate details became apparent."
Alternatives: "initially understood" or "first recognized".
He retracted his earlier claim that perception is a transparent process and accepted both that it involves unconscious inference from what is given in sensation and that sensation itself may contain more than it is at first perceived to contain.
The Brazilian government at first perceived the secession attempt as a minor uprising.
He had at first perceived her as an "anomaly" among the dead souls and hoped this time he had found a soul mate, someone really real, so he calls her Anomalisa and she loves it.
Moreover, he deconstructs the conventional sentiments of "art," mocks common fantasies--in other words, creates an "anti-art," which is how really new art is always, at first, perceived.
"It's an example of something they did that was at first perceived to be weird but then it turned out to be genius," said Dan Lin, a producer of "The Lego Movie".
"A lot of us have trouble at first perceiving those people as real," said the historian David McCullough, whose biography of John Adams will be published next year.
He said "A lot of us have trouble at first perceiving those people as real, because of their clothing, and the wigs, and their mannered way of speaking, they are like characters in a costume pageant".
The point at which subjects first perceived the colour yellow was recorded.
It is now well known that the stress signal is first perceived at the membrane level by the receptors and then transduced into the cell to switch on the stress responsive genes for mediating stress tolerance.
However, the organism is discordant with itself and at first is perceived by the child as a series of fragmented sensations as long as they are not integrated by an image.
Among these factors, age at first marriage, perceived ideal number of children, literacy status, mass media exposure, wealth status, and experience of child death are important and strong predictors that affect fertility.
