Riddoch's phenomenon — Also known as Riddoch syndrome and statico kinetic dissociation. Both terms are used to denote a blindness to stationary light stimuli, combined with an unaffected conscious perception of moving light stimuli. Riddoch s phenomenon is… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Riddoch syndrome — see Riddoch s phenomenon … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Riddoch — George, British physician, 1888–1947. See R. phenomenon. SEE ALSO: R. phenomenon … Medical dictionary
phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… … Medical dictionary
Cortical blindness — Classification and external resources ICD 10 H47.6 ICD 9 377.75 … Wikipedia
akinetopsia — Also referred to as cerebral akinetopsia and visual motion blindness. The term akinetopsia comes from the Greek words akinesia (absence of motion) and opsis (seeing). It was introduced in or shortly before 1991 by the British neurobiologist… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
cerebral amblyopia — The term cerebral amblyopia is indebted to the Greek noun ambluopia, which means weakness of vision. It refers to a variant of * amblyopia, or diminished visual acuity, attributed to a lesion affecting the retrochiasmal part of the visual… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
statico-kinetic dissociation — see Riddoch s phenomenon … Dictionary of Hallucinations
