beholding(n = noun.cognition) seeing, visual perception - perception by means of the eyes;
is a kind of perception
has particulars: contrast, face recognition, object recognition, visual space, fusion, optical fusion

   Obliged; beholden. [1913 Webster]
"I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father." [1913 Webster]
"So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children." [1913 Webster]

   The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. Shak. [1913 Webster]