mindsight

n. a proposed but controversial mode of nonconscious or semiconscious vision that may permit visual decision making in the absence of fully conscious visual perception. Research on mindsight has arisen out of work on change blindness. [proposed by Canadian psychologist and computer scientist Ronald A. Rensink]

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November 21st 2024

character disorder

formerly, in psychoanalysis, an alternative name for personality disorder.