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A pattern that gradually reverses its polarity as it moves can appear to move farther and faster than it really does. I shall call this new effect ‘enhanced motion’, since it accentuates the amplitude and briskness of motion as opposed to reverse phi, in which polarity changes reverse the perceived direction of a moving object.
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