Visual Perception

Visual perception refers to the brain's ability to make sense of what the eyes see. This is not the same as visual acuity which refers to how clearly a person sees (for example “20/20 vision”).

Visual perceptual skills enable a child to make sense of and interpret what they are seeing.

These skills include:

• Visual discrimination - matching two objects that are the same

• Visual memory - the ability to remember visual information

• Form constancy - the ability to notice that two objects are the same even if they are different in size, color, etc.

• Figure ground - the ability to find an object when it is hidden in a busy background (e.g. “Where’s Waldo”)

• Visual closure - the ability to identify two objects that are the same even if part of one is missing