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How the Rotating Snakes
optical illusion works
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In the new Journal of Neuroscience, Barrow
Neurological Institute researchers present their
study exploring why Akiyoshi Kitaoka's
"Rotating Snakes" optical illusion is so effective.
In fact, it's the cover story! From Science News:
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Participants held down a
button when the snakes
seemed to swirl and lifted the
button when the snakes
appeared still. Right before the
snakes started to move,
participants began blinking
more and making short jumpy
eye movements called
microsaccades, Jorge OteroMillan, Stephen Macknik and
Susana Martinez-Conde report
in the April 25 Journal of
Neuroscience. When
volunteers’ rates of
microsaccades slowed down,
the visual illusion faded and
the snakes were more likely to
stop moving.
"Snakes swirl in blink (and jump) of an eye"
(Science News)
Abstract: "Microsaccades and Blinks Trigger
Illusory Rotation in the “Rotating Snakes”
Illusion" (Journal of Neuroscience)
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MrScience
I miss my Science News subscription.
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damn my "short jumpy" eyes but I've
love visual shenanigans ever since being
introduced to the work of Bridget Riley
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Marja Erwin
What optical illusion?
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Jonathan Badger
Presumably this is an established optical
illusion (although I haven't heard of it
before), but I'm always wary of optical
illusions on web pages. How do I know
it isn't an animated GIF?
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