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af·ter·im·age

 (ăf′tər-ĭm′ĭj)
n.
A visual image that persists after the visual stimulus causing it has ceased to act. Also called photogene.
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afterimage

(ˈɑːftərˌɪmɪdʒ)
n
(Physiology) a sustained or renewed sensation, esp visual, after the original stimulus has ceased. Also called: aftersensation or photogene
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af•ter•im•age

(ˈæf tərˌɪm ɪdʒ, ˈɑf-)

n.
a visual image that persists after the stimulus that caused it is no longer operative.
[1875–80]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.afterimage - an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceasedafterimage - an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
aftersensation
memory image - a mental image of something previously experienced
aftertaste - an afterimage of a taste
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af·ter·im·age

n. impresión mantenida por la retina.
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What if the image were a negative afterimage, immobile on the retina?
Using negative afterimages that lasted for several minutes, Grusser, Krizic, and Weiss (1987) found that afterimages do sometimes appear to move in a continuous fashion when the eye moves saccadically, but only sometimes, particularly at the end of the saccade: Their subjects attended to a small foveal afterimage while saccading horizontally back and forth in the dark between two loudspeakers situated 39 [degrees] apart.
The phantom array: a perisaccadic illusion of visual direction
Continuous flash suppression reduces negative afterimages. Nature Neuroscience, 8, 1096-1101.
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