Pulfrich effects

A form of Pulfrich effect — The psychophysical percept whereby lateral motion of an object in the field of view is interpreted by the visual cortex as having a depth component, due to a relative difference in signal timings between the two eyes.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Pulfrich effect
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