A GIF demo of the pausing/sticking illusion Dots appear to pause at the moment when two dots cross. Goldberg, D. M., & Pomerantz, J. R. (1982). Models of illusory pausing and sticking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 8(4), 547-561.pic.twitter.com/Wsopj9qWxT
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The flashes are more notable when number of overlapping dots is higher, making for bigger differences in scene brightness — so mostly result of pupillary responses, as here?https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277565/ …
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To me, it appears that the round dots very briefly become squares when they cross!
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