The lights around the movie marquee flashed on-and-off in succession. However, Tshepo did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Tshepo's perception illustrates

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Tshepo's perception of a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee is an example of the phi phenomenon, which is a perceptual illusion where multiple stationary stimuli are perceived as a single moving stimulus. This perception is not based on the individual flashing of lights (bottom-up processing), identifying specific features (feature detection), or processing information prior to attention (preattentive processing).

The Lights Around the Movie Marquee Flashed On-And-Off in Succession