kappa effect

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Noun

1. A [[temporal]] [[perceptual]] [[illusion]] that can arise when observers judge the elapsed time between [[sensory]] [[stimulus|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.

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