perceptual

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In the 19th century, mathematician Bernhard Riemann proposed that perceptual spaces could be curved rather than flat.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

"Quiet cars, finely engineered for a really comfortable drive, will simply give you less perceptual cue that you're travelling at a particular speed. So that makes it easier to slip over a limit."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

The high-bandwidth recording demonstrated in this study allows brain signals to be processed by advanced machine-learning and deep-learning algorithms, which can interpret complex intentions, perceptual experiences, and brain states.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

“One thing that happens in infancy is this process of perceptual narrowing, where babies in some ways have broader perceptual abilities than adults.”

From Salon • May 7, 2025

Eye movement research is based on the idea that the human eye is capable of focusing on only a very small area at one time — what is called a perceptual span.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell