Visual Perception

What are Visual Perception Skills?

Visual perception relates to our brains ability to make sense of the information our eyes see. A person or child may have perfect 20/20 vision but still have difficulty processing what they have seen and how their body can interact with objects in their environment.

• Hand-Eye Coordination - The ability to coordinate movements based on what is seen by the eyes (i.e. drawing straight or curved lines within a visual boundary)

• Visual Discrimination - Ability to differentiate and classify objects based on size, colour, shape, position etc.

• Visual Sequential-Memory - Recalling a sequence of objects, shapes or symbols in the correct order

• Visual Figure-Ground - The ability to see and differentiate an object in a busy or complex background

• Visual Memory - Recalling an object's shape, movements, sequence, colour or symbols

• Visual Spatial-Relations - Organising visual information to be aware of the body's position in space and how it interacts with different objects (i.e. walking through a doorway without bumping or moving in a crowded space)

• Visual Closure - Recognising a shape or object even when part of the image is missing

• Visual Form-Constancy -  The ability to identify or sort objects, shapes, symbols, letters, and/or words, despite a difference in their position or size.