English Explanatory Dictionary

McCollough effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon of human visual perception in which colorless gratings appear colored contingent on the orientation of the gratings.

Word forms

McCollough effect McCollough effects

Etymology

Named after American psychologist Celeste McCollough who discovered the effect in 1965.

Derived words

anti-McCollough effect
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