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Looming

Looming is a term found in the study of perception, as it relates directly to psychology. Looming occurs when an object begins moving closer to the eye. As the resulting image becomes increasingly larger on the perceiver's retina, i.e., when an object looms, there is an automatic physiological response to perceive the object as an approaching object or…

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Looming

Nodes12
Edges11
Triples24
Avg. degree1.83
Density0.166667
Components1

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Looming

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related to Perception · 9
Looming → By, DCMD, Descending Contralateral Movement Detector, Invertebrates, Rind, Star Wars, The, This, TIE
related to Further reading · 8
Looming → Caviness, Gibson, Perception, Persistent, Psychological Monographs, Schiff, Science, Whole
related to Miscellaneous · 5
Looming → Patients, SEES, Sharp, There, This
is a · 1
Looming → term found in the study of perception
related to Robotics · 1
Looming → Understanding

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Loomingis aterm found in the study of perception0.90text
Loomingrelated to Further readingSchiff0.60section
Loomingrelated to Further readingCaviness0.60section
Loomingrelated to Further readingGibson0.60section
Loomingrelated to Further readingPersistent0.60section
Loomingrelated to Further readingScience0.60section
Loomingrelated to Further readingPerception0.60section
Loomingrelated to Further readingPsychological Monographs0.60section
Loomingrelated to Further readingWhole0.60section
Loomingrelated to MiscellaneousThere0.60section
Loomingrelated to MiscellaneousThis0.60section
Loomingrelated to MiscellaneousSharp0.60section

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