Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Hemi-Attention(also: Hemispatial Neglect, Unilateral Neglect, Visual Neglect)
- A neurological condition in which a person has reduced attention or awareness to one side of space, typically the side opposite to a brain injury. Unlike hemianopsia (where visual input is lost), hemi-attention involves a failure to attend to or process stimuli on the affected…
- Hemianopsia(also: Hemianopia, Half-Field Vision Loss)
- Loss of vision in one half of the visual field in one or both eyes, typically caused by damage to the brain's visual pathways rather than the eyes themselves. The most common form is homonymous hemianopsia, where the same half of the visual field is lost in both eyes — for…
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