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Charpentier bands

Charpentier bands  

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Illusory black spokes that are seen when a black disc with a white sector is rotated slowly. [Named after the French physician (Pierre Marie) Augustin Charpentier (1852–1916) who discussed them]
cognitive illusion

cognitive illusion  

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An illusion in the cognitive domain, one of the best known examples being the size-weight illusion, although it is also a tactile illusion. See also experimentally induced false memory, ...
Ernst Heinrich Weber

Ernst Heinrich Weber  

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(1795–1878) German physiologist and psychologistWeber was the eldest of three brothers who all made important contributions to science. He was born at Wittenberg in Germany and became a professor at ...

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