perceptual

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"They're not perceptual, we cannot listen to them, but they're easy to spot if you do a few mathematical operations."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Since the 1950s, key figures launched important genres, including hard-edge abstract painter John McLaughlin, harbinger of Light and Space perceptual art, and assemblage master Wallace Berman.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

“One thing that happens in infancy is this process of perceptual narrowing, where babies in some ways have broader perceptual abilities than adults.”

From Salon • May 7, 2025

Typical psychotic-like experiences include perceptual distortions and hallucinations, suspicious paranoid thinking, delusions and bizarre, unusual thoughts.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

Eye movement research is based on the idea that the human eye is capable of focusing on only a very small area at one time — what is called a perceptual span.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell