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What does hyperacuity mean?

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Noun
  1. sensory performance finer than the receptor grain
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The attentional hyperacuity of hypnosis increases susceptibility to suggestion.
Here you had a hyperacuity kicking in to the dangers and all of a sudden, people were hypersensitive to their surroundings.
The level of acuity actually exceeds the physical capabilities of human photoreceptors and thus is an example of hyperacuity.
Hyperacuity is associated with altered activity in the visual cortex of the brain, which helps explain why performance in vernier acuity can improve with practice.

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