Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > social science subjects > psychology > cognitive psychology > perception (psychology) > visual perception > afterimages
... > social science subjects > psychology > cognitive psychology > learning and perception > cognitive processes > perception (psychology) > visual perception > afterimages
... > social science subjects > psychology > cognitive psychology > perception (psychology) > illusory perceptions > afterimages
... > social science subjects > psychology > cognitive psychology > learning and perception > cognitive processes > perception (psychology) > illusory perceptions > afterimages

Preferred term

afterimages  

Definition

  • Nearly everyone has experienced seeing the flash from a camera for several seconds or even minutes after the flash occurred. This is an example of the phenomenon known as an afterimage. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Afterimages]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F0L6XBCF-Q

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD