effect of illusion
51Chubb illusion — An example of the Chubb illusion. The two centres are identical. The Chubb illusion is an optical illusion wherein the apparent contrast of an object varies dramatically, depending on the context of the presentation.[1] Low contrast texture… …
52frequency illusion — n. The tendency to notice instances of a particular phenomenon once one starts to look for it, and to therefore believe erroneously that the phenomenon occurs frequently. Example Citations: The word issues bothers a fair number of people,… …
53Meissner effect — Diagram of the Meissner effect. Magnetic field lines, represented as arrows, are excluded from a superconductor when it is below its critical temperature. The Meissner effect is the expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its… …
54Penn effect — The Penn effect is the economic finding that real income ratios between high and low income countries are systematically exaggerated by GDP conversion at market exchange rates. It has been a consistent econometric result for at least fifty years …
55verbal transformation effect — A term introduced in or shortly before 1958 by the American psychologist Richard M. Warren (b. 1925), and his British colleague Richard Langton Gregory (b. 1923) to denote an illusory alteration of repeated words or sentences. For example,… …
56Lake Wobegon effect — The Lake Wobegon effect designates either: the human tendency to overestimate one s achievements and capabilities in relation to others (in academic sources this is more usually called the above average effect or the better than average effect);… …
57Oblique effect — is the name given to the relative deficiency in perceptual performance for oblique contours as compared to the performance for horizontal or vertical contours. Contents 1 Background 2 The Phenomenon 3 Origin of the Oblique Effect …
58Observer-expectancy effect — Participant observer effect redirects here. Psychology …
59Lunar effect — The lunar effect is the theory that there is correlation between specific stages of the Earth s lunar cycle and deviant behavior in human beings. In spite of numerous studies, no significant lunar effect on human behaviour has been… …
60Delay (audio effect) — Various kind of delay effect units Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time.[1] The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back… …
