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    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Apr 16;93(8):3693-7.

    The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality.

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    Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

    Abstract

    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.

    PMID:
    8622999
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID: PMC39674
    Free PMC Article

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