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McCollough effect

noun

McCollough effect

noun

Etymology Named after American psychologist Celeste McCollough who discovered the effect in 1965.

1

A phenomenon of human visual perception in which colorless gratings appear colored contingent on the orientation of the gratings.

Derived terms
anti-McCollough effect

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.