The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality

被引:102
作者
Purves, D
Paydarfar, JA
Andrews, TJ
机构
[1] Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
关键词
perception; vision; time; stroboscopic presentation; rotation;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.93.8.3693
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Wheels turning in the movies or in other forms of stroboscopic presentation often appear to be rotating backward, Remarkably, a similar illusion is also seen in continuous light. The occurrence of this perception in the absence of intermittent illumination suggests that we normally see motion, as in movies, by processing a series of visual episodes.
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页码:3693 / 3697
页数:5
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