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  2. Change blindness - Wikipedia

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    Change blindness is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when a change in a visual stimulus is introduced and the observer does not notice it. For example, observers often fail to notice major differences introduced into an image while it flickers off and on again. [ 1 ]

  3. Inattentional blindness - Wikipedia

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    In inattentional blindness experiments, participants fail to identify some stimulus in a single display, a phenomenon that doesn't rely on memory the way change blindness does. [18] Inattentional blindness refers to an inability to identify an object all together whereas change blindness is a failure to compare a new image or display to one ...

  4. Visual impairment - Wikipedia

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    Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception.In the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment, visual impairment may cause the individual difficulties with normal daily tasks, including reading and walking. [6]

  5. Saccadic masking - Wikipedia

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    Saccadic masking, also known as (visual) saccadic suppression, is the phenomenon in visual perception where the brain selectively blocks visual processing during eye movements in such a way that neither the motion of the eye (and subsequent motion blur of the image) nor the gap in visual perception is noticeable to the viewer.

  6. Visual agnosia - Wikipedia

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    While cortical blindness results from lesions to primary visual cortex, visual agnosia is often due to damage to more anterior cortex such as the posterior occipital and/or temporal lobe(s) in the brain. [2] There are two types of visual agnosia, apperceptive and associative. Recognition of visual objects occurs at two levels. At an ...

  7. 'I am not my blindness': What the blind community ... - AOL

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    If you're a sighted person, you likely have misconceptions about blind people. Time to educate yourselves.

  8. Farsightedness - Wikipedia

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    If the brain never learns to see objects in detail, then there is a high chance of one eye becoming dominant. The result is that the brain will block the impulses of the non-dominant eye. In contrast, the child with myopia can see objects close to the eye in detail and does learn at an early age to see objects in detail. [medical citation needed]

  9. A new test could mean the end of one cause of genetic ... - AOL

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    This test could eliminate progressive retinal atrophy from the English Shepherd.