kinetic depth effect

the impression that a visual figure has three dimensions when in motion. For example, a stationary pattern of apparently random elements will organize into a coherent three-dimensional structure when set in motion. See depth from motion.

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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

profile of a disorder

a drawn or mechanically generated outline, often a graph, representing the symptoms and characteristics of a disorder.