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The lights around the movie marquee flashed on and off in succession. However, Jerome did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Jerome’s perception illustrates​

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Phi Phenomenon

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The concept of the phi phenomenon is credited to Max Wertheimer, a German psychologist and the phenomenon refers to the visual illusion of the impression of continuous motion between different objects seen in a fast sequence. A famous example of this is when you go to a movie theater, you see a fast succession of still frames that make up the whole movie. Yet it doesn't feel like the video reel is running through a bunch of frames between your head. It looks like a total picture.

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