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The illusion of movement

Added	Fri, 14/06/2019
Sources	psy.msu.ru nplus1.ru neuroanatody.com si-sv.com
Феномены	Anomalous zone UFO Ghost
Version type	Illusions

Our brain, based on the experience of perception, takes the characteristic of approximation / removal of parameters depicted object for real movement. The illusion may work on circular objects, if they caused the picture imitating the play of light and shadow when rotating a round, flat object. At the same time, if you focus on a single site, the illusion of rotation on it immediately disappears.

This principle works not only when moving the head, but the motion of the person, if the picture of such a principle is found in the elements of the landscape.

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