visuospatial
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of visuospatial
1960–65; < Latin vīsu ( s ) sight ( see visual) + -o- + spatial
Example Sentences
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The assessments measured several types of memory, including verbal, visuospatial, prospective, source, false, episodic content, and temporal order memory.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
Other research shows that videogamers may have advantages in drone operation because of increased attention, better visuospatial abilities and quicker reaction times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
One concluded that the activity “recruits multiple visuospatial cognitive abilities and is a protective factor for visuospatial cognitive aging”.
From The Guardian • May 17, 2020
The most widely known measure of intelligence is the intelligence quotient, more commonly known as the IQ test, which includes visuospatial puzzles, math problems, pattern recognition, vocabulary questions, and visual searches.
From Scientific American • Oct. 3, 2017
To avoid this possibility, the consensus among cognitive psychologists is that researchers should use a range of tasks that cover, for example, numeric, verbal and visuospatial abilities.
From Nature • Mar. 1, 2016
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