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kappa effects

kappa effects is the plural of kappa effect.

Meaning of kappa effect

Noun

kappa effect (plural kappa effects)

  1. A temporal perceptual illusion that can arise when observers judge the elapsed time between sensory stimuli applied sequentially at different locations. Subjects tend to overestimate the time between stimuli when the distance between the stimuli is large, and to underestimate the time when the distance is small.

Questions about kappa effects

What is kappa effects the plural of?
Kappa effects is the plural of kappa effect.

Words near kappa effects in the dictionary

  1. kapows
  2. kapp
  3. Kapp Linné
  4. kappa
  5. kappa effect
  6. kappa effects
  7. kappa number
  8. kappa numbers
  9. Kappa slapper
  10. Kappa slappers
  11. Kappa variant

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