English Explanatory Dictionary

Perky effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon whereby sensory input, or perceptions, can be mistaken for a mental image when perceptual processes and mental imagery interfere with each other.

Word forms

Perky effect Perky effects

Etymology

Named after Cheves Perky (1874–1940), American psychologist, who carried out a related experiment in which subjects were asked to visualize various objects on a screen while, unknown to them, very faint patches of color resembling these objects were projected onto the screen.

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