cross-cuing

n. the use of one sense modality to identify an object when another, more direct sense modality is not available. For example, commissurotomy (the split-brain technique) has revealed that auditory information may be used to name a visual object when visual information is not available to the cerebral hemisphere mainly responsible for speech.

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May 10th 2024

anthropogenesis

n. the scientific study of the origins and development of humans. Also called anthropogeny. —anthropogenetic or anthropogenic adj.