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- noun Plural form of
scotoma .
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We're dealing with true perceptual completion across the scotomas, not just guesswork or deduction.
Archive 2010-02-14 2010
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We're dealing with true perceptual completion across the scotomas, not just guesswork or deduction.
UNDERSTANDING COMICS: From vision to narrative? (cont.) 2010
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I think that if I had experienced the intimacy the two characters in the movie had prior to my marriage, that would have been enough to break through my scotomas.
badger Diary Entry badger 2006
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Likewise, blindsight subjects do not spontaneously respond to things presented to their scotomas, but must be trained to make responses using a forced-response paradigm.
Animal Consciousness Allen, Colin 2006
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Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Etissell 2010
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Tests conducted on the teen showed that he had central scotomas, or dark spots, in his vision.
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Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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"Clinicians have, however, made the HPA aware that scotomas - retinal injuries causing abnormal vision - have been caused by high power green laser pointers," he added.
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Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Etissell 2010
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Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Etissell 2010
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