Silencing

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,[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]

  1. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ "Best Illusion of 2011 Reveals Visual Quirk". Live Science. 10 May 2011.