inability to perceive
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perceive — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly, distinctly ▪ dimly ▪ The remedy for the problem was only dimly perceived by scientists until recently. ▪ directly ▪ the world … Collocations dictionary
akinesthesia — Inability to perceive movement or position. Absence of the sense of perception of movement or of the muscular sense. [G. a priv. + kinesis, motion, + aisthesis, sensation] * * * akin·es·the·sia (ə kin″es theґzh … Medical dictionary
cryanesthesia — Inability to perceive cold. [G. kryos, cold, + an priv. + aisthesis, sensation] * * * cry·an·es·the·sia (kri an″es theґzhə) [cryo + anesthesia] loss of the power of perceiving cold; see temperature sense, under sense … Medical dictionary
Glossary of medical terms related to communications disorders — This is a glossary of medical terms related to communications disorders such as blindness and deafness. NOTOC A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Acoustic neuroma tumor, usually benign, which may develop on the hearing and… … Wikipedia
Achromatopsia — Classification and external resources A person with complete achromatopsia would see only black, white and shades of grey. Additionally, the image would usually be blurry in brighter light (in the brightest light, effectively invisible) but would … Wikipedia
negative autoscopy — Also known as negative heautoscopy and asomatoscopy. The term negative autoscopy is used to denote a variant of *autoscopy (i.e. the perception of a hallucinated image of oneself) characterized by the transient failure to perceive one s own… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Akinetopsia — Akinetopsia, also known as cerebral akinetopsia or motion blindness, is an extremely rare neuropsychological disorder in which a patient cannot perceive motion in their visual field, despite being able to see stationary objects without issue. For … Wikipedia
Two-streams hypothesis — The two streams hypothesis is a widely accepted, but still controversial, account of visual processing. As visual information exits the occipital lobe, it follows two main channels, or streams . The ventral stream (also known as the what pathway… … Wikipedia
Congenital insensitivity to pain — Classification and external resources OMIM 243000 147430 DiseasesDB 31214 … Wikipedia
Monochromatism — 1) Total inability to perceive color. A person with true monochromatism perceives only black, white, and shades of gray. It is due to lack of or damage to the cones of the eye that perceive color, or to inability of the nerves to translate… … Medical dictionary
