perceptual
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At lower speeds, as in city traffic, you begin to hear the engine’s whispered revving in the perceptual background as it simultaneously propels the car and recharges the 22.7-kWh battery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"This corresponds to the neuroscientific distinction between changing one's own predictions, perceptual inference, and the attempt to make the world conform to them, namely active inference."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
For decades, the dominant account of L.A. art centered on Ed Ruscha’s deadpan photographs, David Hockney’s shimmering pools and the perceptual experiments of the Light and Space artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
"Quiet cars, finely engineered for a really comfortable drive, will simply give you less perceptual cue that you're travelling at a particular speed. So that makes it easier to slip over a limit."
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Musical timbre is one of the most critical of all components of music, yet remains one of the most mysterious of all human perceptual attributes.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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