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McCollough effect
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English
Etymology
Named after American psychologist Celeste McCollough who discovered the effect in 1965.
Noun
A phenomenon of human visual perception in which colorless gratings appear colored contingent on the orientation of the gratings.
Derived terms
anti-McCollough effect
Further reading
en eponyms
en Optical illusions