Perceptual Distortion Definition in Medical Conditions Dictionary

Perceptual Distortion:

Lack of correspondence between the way a stimulus is commonly perceived and the way an individual perceives it under given conditions.

Terms Related to Perceptual Distortion

Perceptual Masking
The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness.
Figural Aftereffect
A perceptual phenomenon used by Gestalt psychologists to demonstrate that events in one part of the perceptual field may affect perception in another part.
Elasticity
Resistance and recovery from distortion of shape.
Misarticulation
Disorders of the quality of speech characterized by the substitution, omission, distortion, and addition of phonemes.
Necrobiosis
A group of disorders characterized by swelling, basophilia, and distortion of collagen bundles in the dermis.
Unintelligible Articulation
Disorders of the quality of speech characterized by the substitution, omission, distortion, and addition of phonemes.

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