visual form discrimination

the ability to discriminate visually between different shapes. The Visual Form Discrimination Test (VFDT), a multiple-choice, matching-to-sample test developed in the 1980s by Arthur L. Benton, assesses an individual’s ability to discriminate fine details of visual shapes and is designed to screen for visual perceptual deficits. Each of the 16 test items contains a target with three elements: two large geometric shapes and a peripheral figure. The task is to choose a correct match to the target out of four options presented below the target. Up to 2 points are awarded for responses to each of the 16 test items, with the total score for all items then compared to normative data.

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November 25th 2024

cause

1. an event or state that brings about another (its effect).

2. in Aristotelian and rationalist philosophy, an entity or event that is a requirement for another entity or event’s coming to be. Aristotle proposed that there were four types of cause—material, formal, efficient, and final. In the case of a sculpture, for example, the material cause is the stone or metal from which it is made, the formal cause is the form or structure that it takes, the efficient cause is the sculptor, and the final cause is the sculptor’s aim or purpose in making it. —causal adj.