blindsight

noun

Etymology

From blind + sight. Coined in a 1974 paper in the Lancet by Sanders et al.

  1. inherited from *sihti — “seeing, sight
  2. inherited from sihþ — “something seen; vision
  3. inherited from sighte
  4. compounded as blindsight — “blind + sight

Definitions

  1. The responsivity shown by some blind or partially blind people to visual stimuli of which…

    The responsivity shown by some blind or partially blind people to visual stimuli of which they are not consciously aware.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blindsight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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