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Representation of blind people in Renaissance art, similar to Medieval art, was conveyed through symbolic objects. Some examples include: A blind man feels his way with a staff in Piers Plowman. [1] Pilgrimage to the tomb of St Louis in Life and Miracles of Saint Louis, displaying a young blind boy with a cane. [1]
At an associative level, the meaning of an object is attached to the perceptual representation and the object is identified. [2] If a person is unable to recognize objects because they cannot perceive correct forms of the objects, although their knowledge of the objects is intact (i.e. they do not have anomia), they have apperceptive agnosia ...
The terms low vision and blindness are often used for levels of impairment which are difficult or impossible to correct and significantly impact daily life. [7] In addition to the various permanent conditions, fleeting temporary vision impairment, amaurosis fugax, may occur, and may indicate serious medical problems. [8] [9] [10]
Junk blindness is the condition we’re suffering from when we stop seeing the mail, bags of donations that haven’t made it out the door, outgrown toys, shoes—all the stuff we let pile up ...
Researchers have mapped and examined the brain of a blind woman who can see objects as long as they're in motion.
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One well-known example is the prophet Tiresias, whose blindness is ascribed to various causes. According to one story, it was a punishment for revealing the secrets of the gods; according to another, he was struck blind after accidentally witnessing Athena bathing; in a third, he was blinded by Hera after taking Zeus 's side in a dispute. [ 3 ]
The following criteria are required to classify an event as an inattentional blindness episode: 1) the observer must fail to notice a visual object or event, 2) the object or event must be fully visible, 3) observers must be able to readily identify the object if they are consciously perceiving it, [3] and 4) the event must be unexpected and the failure to see the object or event must be due ...