color-blindness test

any task or device that tests the ability to distinguish different colored stimuli, specifically to discover abnormalities in the perception of color. The most common tests involve the detection of colored figures against a colored background under conditions that require the use of hue information, rather than luminous intensity or saturation. See also Ishihara Test for Color Blindness.

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May 10th 2024

motor program

a stored representation, resulting from motor planning and refined through practice, that is used to produce a coordinated movement. Motor programs store the accumulated experience underlying skill at a task. See also generalized motor program.