REDUPLICATIVE PHENOMENON

The term reduplicative phenomenon is indebted to the Latin nounreduplicare, which means to double. It is used as an umbrella term for a group of illusory perceptual phenomena characterized by the perseveration, reduplication, or reoccurrence of regular sense perceptions. Some examples of reduplicative phenomena are " visual perseveration (comprising the subgroups " illusory visual spread, " palinopsia, and the " trailing phenomenon), " palinacusis, " tactile polyaesthesia, "polyopia, and "entomopia.

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