Mental Process
visual perception
vis·u·al per·cep·tion [ vizh-oo-uhl per-sep-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Perception
Definitions related to visual perception:
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An individual's interpretation of the visual stimuli in their environment.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Conscious mental registration of a visual stimulus.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The selecting and organizing of visual stimuli based on the individual's past experience.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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