Definitions
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motion blindness : an inability toperceive motion, despitestationary objects remaining more or lessvisible , due tobrain damage disrupting input to thedorsal pathway.
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Examples
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A person with akinetopsia may begin pouring a cup of tea and then not register a change until many images later, by which time the cup is overflowing.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Neuroscientists have identified an unusual brain disorder in some humans called “akinetopsia.”
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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A person with akinetopsia may begin pouring a cup of tea and then not register a change until many images later, by which time the cup is overflowing.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Neuroscientists have identified an unusual brain disorder in some humans called “akinetopsia.”
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
mollusque commented on the word akinetopsia
Bilateral extrastriate damage to the middle temporal area left her suffering from akinetopsia, a rare, near-complete motion blindness.
--Richard Powers, 2007, The Echo Maker, p. 107
November 7, 2008