In the vote on the Bosnia mission, the conflicting perceptions came to a head.
They are often not clear cut, with layers of ambiguity, conflicting perceptions and a bewildering array of relevant factors.
But the increased brain activity in people who performed well could also represent other mental activities, like inhibiting incorrect responses and reducing or monitoring conflicting perceptions.
"I was navigating uncharted terrain and through my own inexperience, I contributed to some of the conflicting perceptions about me," Clinton writes at one point.
Tom Mludzinski, director of political polling for ComRes, said the findings revealed the extent of the conflicting perceptions among the British public towards Islam.
Quixote and Sancho Panza attempt between them to negotiate their conflicting perceptions (on soldiery, honour, patriotic duty) on Cervantes' behalf, and therefore as our proxy, too.
"Mystic River" is a compelling page-turner whose drama arises not so much from events as from the conflicting perceptions of the main players.
And for all the talk of speeches, issues and conflicting perceptions of these two men, the power of get-out-the-vote operations that both sides have spent two years putting together may well prove to be the most important factor.
The history of the content of human rights reflects evolving and conflicting perceptions of which values or capabilities stand, at different times and through differing lenses, most in need of responsible attention and, simultaneously, humankind's recurring demands for continuity and stability.
The conflicting perceptions of General Sisi — seasoned officer reluctantly answering a call to serve, ambitious man with a "sense of destiny," as one person who knows him put it — leave much of Egypt wondering whether he intends to return the country to civilian rule, as he has repeatedly promised, or to capitalize on public support for him by seeking power, formally or informally, for himself.
