distinguishing

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The most widespread types interfere with distinguishing between red and green shades.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Those two brain areas are known to play a role in decision-making and in empathy, or distinguishing the feelings of others from our own.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

He said distinguishing some colors on the palette has been challenging.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Restorations of unknown date have resulted in the exposure of under drawing in certain areas, like the drapery of Salome, and a blurring of the line distinguishing the Virgin’s pillow from the gilded ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

But he often did not respond well to advice from these same people, and had trouble distinguishing between constructive criticism and personal betrayal.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden