Visual perception as your brain’s way of turning what your eyes see into what you understand. It is the visual skills that answers the question: “What am I looking at?” In chess, players don’t just look at the board – they see, remember, and imagine future moves. Some of the visual skills used in… Continue reading Visual Perception and Chess: How the Eyes and Brain Work Together on the Board
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Visual Neglect
Visual neglect is a neuropsychological condition seen after a stroke or brain (temporal parietal) injury when a patient loses awareness of sensory information from their visual field on one side
Visual Skill Games and Gifts for the Holidays
Looking for a fun visual skill games or gifts for this holiday season? Visual spatial manipulation and Visual Perception: These skills allow us to understand the positional relationship of objects and ourselves to other objects. This is important skill when we first learn our letters to realize when we mix up our p,q, b, d’s.… Continue reading Visual Skill Games and Gifts for the Holidays
Visual Perception: The Visual Challenges of Reading – Part 2
Visual perception skills, such as spatial relations and figure-ground, are a necessary foundation for reading. On the most basic level, one must be able to differentiate words, letters, and punctuation marks. Developmental research has demonstrated that first grade students’ failures in visual perception directly affects their reading and writing skills. In contrast those with strong… Continue reading Visual Perception: The Visual Challenges of Reading – Part 2
What is Functional Vision?
Most people think vision is only the clarity with which they see (think 20/20 on the chart!). They think of the trip to an eye doctor as a time to check the health of their eyes and get an updated glasses or contact lenses prescription. While this is part of all eye exams, our practice… Continue reading What is Functional Vision?