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pseudoneglect

pseudoneglect noun: a mild asymmetry in spatial attention, displayed by neurologically normal individuals, in which the left side of space tends to be favoured, making leftward errors in line bisections as well as in the judgment of brightness, numerosity, and size quite common.

Noun

pseudoneglect (uncountable)

  1. A mild asymmetry in spatial attention, displayed by neurologically normal individuals, in which the left side of space tends to be favoured, making leftward errors in line bisections as well as in the judgment of brightness, numerosity, and size quite common.

Origin of pseudoneglect

From pseudo- + neglect.

Questions about pseudoneglect

What does pseudoneglect mean?
Pseudoneglect means a mild asymmetry in spatial attention, displayed by neurologically normal individuals, in which the left side of space tends to be favoured, making leftward errors in line bisections as well as in the judgment of brightness, numerosity, and size quite common.
What part of speech is pseudoneglect?
Pseudoneglect is a noun.

Words near pseudoneglect in the dictionary

  1. pseudonaviculae
  2. pseudonaviculas
  3. pseudoneck
  4. pseudonecks
  5. pseudonegative
  6. pseudoneglect
  7. pseudoneologism
  8. pseudoneologisms
  9. pseudoneonatal
  10. pseudoneuritic
  11. pseudoneuritis

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