Likewise, we found in another experiment that even having your eyes and ears open and exposed to normal visual and auditory environmental stimuli can diminish the details of visual memories when you try to recall them.

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This parallel failure of visual and auditory systems is seen elsewhere in the brain.

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This is another place where visual and auditory information is handled in close proximity.

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The parents-to-be were thus exposed to visual, auditory, tactile and (from the blanket) olfactory stimuli associated with having a baby around.

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Gustatory overload aside, the Classic is a visual, auditory and tactile spectacle.

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Sure, varying critics had varying levels of appreciation for the plot, but when it comes to visual and auditory quality, the Blu-ray transfer delivers.

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Learning-style theory proposes that each of us absorbs and processes information in one of several distinct ways: visual, auditory, tactile or kinesthetic, for example.

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With wearable tech being the talk of the town as of late, one has to wonder if Google Glass, for example, could be paired with visual or auditory augmentation technology to "improve" your senses.

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The right hemisphere is more involved in holistic perception and as a result it processes information by integrating it into perceptual models (visual, spatial, auditory, etc).

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Most workplace problems, believers explain, stem from a clash of cognitive styles: when a visual manager sends a written memo to an "auditory" employee, for example, or when a pragmatic manager rejects as too pie-in-the-sky the contributions of a theoretical subordinate.

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