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Silencing

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This is the first frame of a video demonstration[1] of silencing.

Silencing is a visual illusion in which a set of objects that change in luminance, hue, size, or shape 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]

References

  1. ^ Demonstrations of silencing
  2. ^ Jordan Suchow is online at http://jwsu.ch/ow/
  3. ^ George Alvarez is online at http://visionlab.harvard.edu/Members/George/Welcome.html
  4. ^ Suchow, J.W., & Alvarez, G.A. (2011). Motion silences awareness of visual change. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.019
  5. ^ http://www.livescience.com/14097-visual-illusion-contest-motion-perception-change-blindness.html

See also