Motion silencing is an illusion or perceptual phenomenon in which objects that are rapidly changing in a particular salient property seem to cease changing with motion. The illusion was first identified by Jordan Suchow and George Alvarez in the publication of their research on the topic.[1]
It is a visual illusion in which a set of objects that change in luminance,[2] hue,[2] size,[2] or shape[2] appears to stop changing when it moves. It was discovered by Jordan Suchow[3] and George Alvarez[4] of Harvard University, and described in a paper published in Current Biology.[5] Silencing won the Neural Correlate Society's "Best visual illusion of the year contest" in 2011.[6]
- ^ Suchow, Jordan W.; Alvarez, George A. (2011). "Motion silences awareness of visual change". Current Biology. 21 (2): 140–143. Bibcode:2011CBio...21..140S. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.019. PMID 21215632.
- ^ a b c d "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.