Word: visual
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...show that even when your eyes are closed, visual mental imagery activates visual areas [of the brain]," said Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn, lead researcher of the study, in an e-mail message. "And it activates them in different ways, depending on the size of the visualized object--in a manner that is similar to what occurs in vision proper [normal sight...
Kosslyn, who is a professor of psychology, said the results indicate that people who have more activation in the early visual area perform an imagery task faster...
...Visual imagery appears to affect processing in the brain from the start," said Kosslyn. "Thus, it is not surprising that people sometimes mistake having visualized something for having seen...
Computer interfaces are increasingly becoming more visual. As our dependence on graphical interfaces such as "Windows" increases, it is easy to forget that a portion of our population cannot...
According to John Voloudakis, the ATL coordinator, about 20 students consistently use the facilities, up from about nine two years ago. With facilities in the Science Center, Lamont Library and the Aiken Computation Lab, the ATL helps students university-wide with disabilities ranging from visual impairment to dyslexia...