Silencing
Visual illusion
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Silencing is a visual illusion in which a set of objects that change in luminance,[1] hue,[1] size,[1] or shape[1] appears to stop changing when it moves. It was discovered by Jordan Suchow[2] and George Alvarez[3] of Harvard University, and described in a paper published in Current Biology.[4] Silencing won the Neural Correlate Society's "Best visual illusion of the year contest" in 2011.[5]
See also
- Change blindness
References
- ^ a b c d e "Demonstrations of silencing".
- ^ Jordan Suchow is online at http://jwsu.ch/ow/
- ^ George Alvarez is online at http://visionlab.harvard.edu/Members/George/Welcome.html
- ^ Suchow, J.W., & Alvarez, G.A. (2011). Motion silences awareness of visual change. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.019
- ^ "Best Illusion of 2011 Reveals Visual Quirk". Live Science. 10 May 2011.
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