APA Dictionary of Psychology

peripheral

Updated on 04/19/2018
adj.
  1. in the nervous system, located or taking place outside the brain and spinal cord. Compare central.
  2. in vision, toward the margins of the visual field, rather than close to the center. The onset of a peripheral stimulus tends to draw attention to that location.
  3. situated on the surface of a body.
  4. situated away from a center and toward the outside edge.
  5. incidental or superficial.

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