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perceptual

[per-sep-choo-uhl] / pərˈsɛp tʃu əl /


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"They're not perceptual, we cannot listen to them, but they're easy to spot if you do a few mathematical operations."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

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

Typical psychotic-like experiences include perceptual distortions and hallucinations, suspicious paranoid thinking, delusions and bizarre, unusual thoughts.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

Along with the Post-Impressionists and, more recently, Op artists, color theorists have tried to set down their understanding of colors as perceptual and artistic laws equivalent to those of optical physics.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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