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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, “ignorant, not knowing”) (see a- (“not”), gnosis) + -opsia. Literally, "not knowing what one sees".
Coined by S. Zeki and D. H. ffytche in 1998.[1][2]
Noun
agnosopsia (uncountable)
- Synonym of blindsight
References
- ^ S. Zeki and D. H. ffytche (1998) “The Riddoch syndrome: insights into the neurobiology of conscious vision”, in Brain, volume 121, pages 25-45
- ^ David Milner (1999) “Insights into Blindsight”, in Toward a science of consciousness III: the third Tucson discussions and debates, page 161: “Despite the controversy, the term [sc. "blindsight"] seems destined to stick, and to survive the recent attempt by Zeki and ffytche (1998) to introduce the (arguably more respectable) Greek-derived term agnosopsia to refer to such phenomena of vision without awareness.”