Perceptual means relating to the way people interpret and understand what they see or notice.
[formal]
Some children have more finely trained perceptual skills than others.
perceptual in British English
(pəˈsɛptjʊəl)
adjective
of or relating to perception
Derived forms
perceptually (perˈceptually)
adverb
perceptual in American English
(pərˈsɛptʃuəl)
adjective
of, by means of, or involving perception
Derived forms
perceptually (perˈceptually)
adverb
Examples of 'perceptual' in a sentence
perceptual
Progress in the understanding of sensory and perceptual processes in early infancy.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
By tuning your perceptual processes they help you to see what lies beyond the surface world.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The exercises emphasize both perceptual and logical skills.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
The two main areas that appear to improve perceptual ability are those of attention and prior experience.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
What is required for perceptual learning to occur?
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
By definition this is perceptual learning.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
Early Sounds This early perceptual skill is not matched right away by much skill in producing sounds.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
Thus it is not surprising that much cross-cultural research has shown that different groups pay attention in their perceptual process to different features of the visual environment.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
The fact that this model is consistent with the growing information about apparently built-in perceptual skills and processing biases is certainly a strong argument in its favor.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
The body systems and parts of the nervous system required for many perceptual skills are largely complete at birth, while those needed for motor control are not.