A motion illusion reveals mechanisms of perceptual stabilization.

Visual illusions are valuable tools for the scientific examination of the mechanisms underlying perception. In the peripheral drift illusion special drift patterns appear to move although they are static. During fixation small involuntary eye movements generate retinal image slips which need to be s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anton L Beer, Andreas H Heckel, Mark W Greenlee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2453321?pdf=render