Psychiatry and Psychology

Afterimage

Continuation of visual impression after cessation of stimuli causing the original image.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Continuation of visual impression after cessation of stimuli causing the original image.

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1 entry terms
  • Afterimages

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

differentiate from FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT which is displacement of (usually) geometric pattern in shape & space; while both are in the field of perception, AFTERIMAGE is likely to be in ophthalmol jrnls, FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT, in psychol jrnls

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  1. F02w.463w.593w.932w.073w
  2. G14.040w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Afterimage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000360. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000360
  2. Afterimage. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterimage
  3. Afterimage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735197