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tau effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables
tau -ef-fect
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

tau effects (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

kappa effect

Questions

What does tau effect mean?
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.

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