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phi phenomenon
noun
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Word History
translation of German φ-Phänomen
Note: The term was introduced by the psychologist Max Wertheimer (1880-1943, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, in the U.S. from 1933) in "Experimentelle Studien über das Sehen von Bewegung," Zeitschrift für Psychologie und Physiologie der Sinnesorgane, 1. Abteilung, Zeitschrift für Psychologie, Band 61, Heft 1 (April, 1912), pp. 161-265.
circa 1928, in the meaning defined above
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“Phi phenomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phi%20phenomenon. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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