"tau effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tau effects [plural]
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  1. A spatial perceptual illusion that arises when observers judge the distance between consecutive stimuli in a sequence. When the distance between stimuli is constant but the time between stimuli is not, subjects tend to misperceive the shorter temporal interval as being accompanied by a shorter spatial interval. Wikipedia link: tau effect Coordinate_terms: kappa effect
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