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The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality.

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Purves, D; Paydarfar, JA; Andrews, TJ
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
April 1996

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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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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1091-6490

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0027-8424

Publication Date

April 1996

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93

Issue

8

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3693 / 3697

Related Subject Headings

  • Photic Stimulation
  • Optical Illusions
  • Motion Pictures
  • Motion Perception
  • Models, Neurological
  • Humans
  • Eye Movements
 

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Purves, D., Paydarfar, J. A., & Andrews, T. J. (1996). The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 93(8), 3693–3697. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.8.3693
Purves, D., J. A. Paydarfar, and T. J. Andrews. “The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93, no. 8 (April 1996): 3693–97. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.8.3693.
Purves D, Paydarfar JA, Andrews TJ. The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1996 Apr;93(8):3693–7.
Purves, D., et al. “The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 93, no. 8, Apr. 1996, pp. 3693–97. Epmc, doi:10.1073/pnas.93.8.3693.
Purves D, Paydarfar JA, Andrews TJ. The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1996 Apr;93(8):3693–3697.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI

EISSN

1091-6490

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

April 1996

Volume

93

Issue

8

Start / End Page

3693 / 3697

Related Subject Headings

  • Photic Stimulation
  • Optical Illusions
  • Motion Pictures
  • Motion Perception
  • Models, Neurological
  • Humans
  • Eye Movements