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mindblindness

n.

1. a deficit in theory of mind that is characteristic of people with autism. A person with mindblindness cannot “read the minds” of others—that is, understand their behavior in terms of belief–desire reasoning. [described by British psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen (1958–  )]

2. an obsolete name for visual agnosia. [coined in 1881 by Polish-born German physiologist Hermann Munk]

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range fractionation

range fractionation

a hypothesis of perception of stimulus intensity, stating that a wide range of intensity values can be encoded by a group of cells, each of which is a specialist for a particular range of stimulus intensities.