AFTER-PERCEPTION

n. _ A®f’tu3r-puSr-se?p”shu8n. Fr,, perception second a ire. Ger., Nachempfindung. It., percezione second aria. Sp., secund aria percepciôn. The perception of a sensory impre ion after the cause producing the impre ion has been removed; the conscious reception of an after-sensation. _ [B.]J—A.-p. of sound. Fr., perception second a ire des sons. Ger., Nachempfindung der Schallen, pi areae i one second aria dei suoni. Sp., secund aria percepciôn de los sonidos. Perception of sound continuing for a short time after the action of the objective source of sound has ceased. By some this is regarded as a piceu of the memory, by others as similar to the after-images of the retina. [F.]