perceptual ability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperceptualandability
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perceptual
adjective
uk/pəˈsep.tʃu.əl/us/pɚˈsep.tʃu.əl/
relating to the ability to notice something or come to an opinion about something using ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofperceptualandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I suggest that it is more likely indicative of the evolutionary development of theperceptualability to detect resources for behavior of hand-held objects.
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It is the biological specialization for language that allows this coarticulation and the correspondingperceptualabilityto recover the phonemes embedded in coarticulation.
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The focus is largely on the role of reduced duration as a phonetic factor that can lead to decreased articulatory andperceptualabilityto maintain vowel distinctions.
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The first six scores come directly from the test:perceptualability, reading comprehension, quantitative reasoning, biology, general chemistry, and organic chemistry.
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The second section is divided into six different problem sets designed to testperceptualability, specifically in the areas of three-dimensional manipulation and spatial reasoning.
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While scenario 1 is certainly possible, the more widely held assumption is that children's perceptual abilities are generally in advance of their production.
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Developmentally, if action has to be a prerequisite of perception, we should observe a different developmental progression of the motor control versus the perceptual abilities.
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Molaison had average intelligence andperceptualabilityand a decent vocabulary.
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Early linguistic experience with a specific nonnative language may also produce lasting effects on perceptual abilities for phonemic contrasts in that language.
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As a result, the various sensory and perceptual abilities that would be essential for the detection of global arrays each emerge at different times.
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The more widely held assumption is, however, that children's perceptual abilities are generally in advance of their production.
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The rate of development of these perceptual abilities may itself be responsive to sociocognitive factors.
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It also remains plausible both in terms of the acoustic facts and the presumed perceptual abilities of these children.
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While the emphasis might appear to be on production facts, presumed perceptual abilities of children are also equally relevant and compatible.
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More complex perceptual abilities requiring integration of information over space have more extended developmental time courses.
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These underspecified representations in turn are shown to have implications for another often cited piece of evidence bearing on the nature of children's underlying representations, namely their presumed perceptual abilities.
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