temporal aspects of consciousness

those properties of consciousness relating to time and duration, including the specious present, the length of time necessary for sensory stimulation to come to awareness, and the subjective perception of time intervals. See protensity.

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May 8th 2024

integrative agnosia

a form of visual agnosia in which individuals are able to perceive the elements of an object but find it difficult to combine them into a perceptual whole. Typically, symptoms of both apperceptive and associative agnosia are present. Individuals affected by this kind of agnosia can usually draw an object accurately but only through a laborious process.