blindsight
The English word “blindsight” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The responsivity shown by some blind or partially blind people to visual stimuli of which they are not consciously aware.
Etymology
From blind + sight. Coined in a 1974 paper in the Lancet by Sanders et al.
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