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Post by taliaquiros1234 »

do you know who invented the afterimage?!! :|

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Re: afterimage

Post by phonghuynh »

Hello,

Here is the Science Buddies article about Afterimages. I recommend that you do background research on the science behind afterimages (how the brain perceives these images and what happens throughout the whole process from eye to brain).

Here are some other sites about afterimages:

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/after.html

I am not sure who is the "inventor" or the first to report the afterimage effect, but Ewald Hering did do work on this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewald_Hering

http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/ka ... ffect.html

I hope that helps.
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