Blindsight — This article is about the neurological phenomenon. For other uses, see Blindsight (disambiguation). Blindsight is a phenomenon in which people who are perceptually blind in a certain area of their visual field demonstrate some response to visual… … Wikipedia
blindsight — A term introduced in 1974 by the British neu ropsychologists Lawrence Weiskrantz (b. 1926) et al. to denote residual vision in cases of cortical blindness, especially when there is a corresponding lack of awareness of the visual capacity on… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
blindsight — noun The responsivity shown by some blind or partially blind people to visual stimuli of which they are not consciously aware. On more pointed testing Sanders and I, along with the National Hospital psychologist Elizabeth K. Warrington,… … Wiktionary
blindsight — /bluynd suyt /, n. the ability of a blind person to sense accurately a light source or other visual stimulus even though unable to see it consciously. [BLIND + SIGHT] * * * … Universalium
blindsight — The phenomenon in which a patient has no conscious visual experience in some direction, yet functions much better than a blind person could in various tasks involving the spatial location of objects in that region. Philosophically, the syndrome… … Philosophy dictionary
blindsight — n. visual sensitivity of a blind person to sense exactly the presence of a light source although unable to see … English contemporary dictionary
blindsight — noun Medicine a condition in which the sufferer responds to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them … English new terms dictionary
blindsight — blind•sight [[t]ˈblaɪndˌsaɪt[/t]] n. psl the ability of a blind person to sense accurately a light source or other visual stimulus … From formal English to slang
blindsight — /ˈblaɪndsaɪt/ (say bluyndsuyt) noun the visual awareness which a visually impaired person has, created by a response to stimuli that falls short of actual sight but which allows the person to sense aspects of visual stimuli such as movement,… … Australian-English dictionary
blindsight — /bluynd suyt /, n. the ability of a blind person to sense accurately a light source or other visual stimulus even though unable to see it consciously. [BLIND + SIGHT] … Useful english dictionary