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visual dominance

1. the phenomenon in which visual stimuli, when presented simultaneously with auditory or other stimuli, tend to dominate awareness.

2. the phenomenon in which the view from one eye dominates the percept when viewing a scene with two eyes. See ocular dominance.

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May 8th 2024

distractibility

distractibility

n. difficulty in maintaining attention or a tendency to be easily diverted from the matter at hand. Excessive distractibility is frequently found in children with learning disorders or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and in people experiencing manic or hypomanic episodes.