When stabilized retinal images of an initially presented word disappear,new words made up of parts of the initial word will subsequently appear and then vanish. This best illustrates the impact of

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This phenomenon is an example of top-down processing, as the brain is using prior knowledge of the initial word to create new words out of its parts. The disappearance of the stabilized retinal image indicates that the visual information is not changing, so the perception of new words is not due to subliminal stimulation. Weber's law refers to the just noticeable difference between stimuli, which is not relevant in this scenario. Accommodation refers to the process by which the lens of the eye changes shape to focus on objects at different distances, which is also not relevant here.

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