Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to visual perception of spatial relationships among objects.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the visual perception of spatial relationships

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[visu(al) + spatial.]

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visuo- +‎ spatial

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Examples

  • Minor hemisphere dominance for certain visuospatial functions.

    Roger W. Sperry - Nobel Lecture 1981

  • When they returned, they either sat quietly for 10 minutes; played a videogame testing "visuospatial" skills (Tetris, in this case); or played a videogame testing general knowledge and memory (Pub Quiz).

    Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2010

  • To interfere with this type of visual processing we need to target what are known cognitively as 'visuospatial' resources

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • The sessions are geared toward exercising six cognitive areas: short- and long-term memory; language; computation; visuospatial orientation; and critical thinking.

    Games to Flex Your Brain Katherine Boehret 2011

  • The soroban relies on networks associated with visuospatial information.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • The researchers said that any exercise testing visuospatial skills might work as a sort of anti-trauma vaccine — for example, in combat areas.

    Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2010

  • There is little doubt that different people are blessed with different amounts of cognitive gifts such as long-term memory and the visuospatial skills chess players are said to employ.

    Garry Kasparov On 'Chess Metaphors': The Chess Master And The Computer 2010

  • The soroban relies on networks associated with visuospatial information.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • There is little doubt that different people are blessed with different amounts of cognitive gifts such as long-term memory and the visuospatial skills chess players are said to employ.

    Garry Kasparov On 'Chess Metaphors': The Chess Master And The Computer 2010

  • Having an IQ this high is not necessary to become a physician, attorney, or business executive, but extra cognitive horsepower gives an edge in any occupation that draws heavily on the verbal and visuospatial skills measured by IQ tests.

    Why Isn't Academia Preparing Our Children for Business And Life? Ringing (Out) the IQ Bell 2010

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