blindsight

American  

[blahynd-sahyt] / ˈblaɪndˌsaɪt /

noun

1. the ability of a blind person to sense accurately a light source or other visual stimulus even though unable to see it consciously.

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blindsight British  

/ ˈblaɪndˌsaɪt /

noun

1. the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur after some forms of brain damage

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Etymology

Origin of blindsight

blind + sight

Example Sentences

Scholars argued over the implications of conditions such as blindsight, which is caused by brain damage.

From Scientific American • Dec. 4, 2017

Other scholars disagree with Block’s interpretation of blindsight data, contending that people with blindsight might possess visual awareness even if they insist that they don’t.

From Scientific American • Dec. 4, 2017

Researchers suspect even that when damage to the primary visual cortex presumably interrupts an instance of this kind of reverberation, patients display blindsight.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2017

The two men are similar—Humphrey helped discover blindsight, studied apes with Dian Fossey, and was, for a year, the editor of Granta—but they differ on certain points in the philosophy of consciousness.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2017