Psychiatry and Psychology

Visual Perception

The selecting and organizing of visual stimuli based on the individual's past experience.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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The selecting and organizing of visual stimuli based on the individual's past experience.

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3 entry terms
  • Visual Processing
  • Perception, Visual
  • Processing, Visual

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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differentiate from VISION, OCULAR; visual perception takes place in the brain, ocular vision takes place in the eye

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  1. F02w.463w.593w.932w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Visual Perception. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014796. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014796
  2. Visual Perception. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_perception
  3. Visual Perception. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162668