spatial orientation

How Do You Test Orientation?

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How Do You Test Orientation? Orientation – Determine if the person is “awake, alert, and oriented, times three (to person, place, and time).” This is frequently abbreviated AAOx3 which also serves as a mnemonic. The assessment involves asking the patient to repeat his own full name, his present location, and today’s date. How do you

What Is The Perception Of Figures Against A Background?

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What Is The Perception Of Figures Against A Background? Figure-ground perception refers to the tendency of the visual system to simplify a scene into the main object that we are looking at (the figure) and everything else that forms the background (or ground). What determines the way we perceive objects? Cues about the size and