Illusion using movies #12

since April 12, 2014

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"Ambiguous dance 2"

The image appears to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise. Moreover, it appears to expand or contract.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2019 (August 23)


"Ambiguous dance"

The image appears to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2019 (August 23)


"Ambiguous apparent movement of a spiral illusion image"

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2019 (August 23)


Presidential footstep illusionhttps://t.co/0RY1eFQWAC pic.twitter.com/lLRC8x4bdQ

— Akiyoshi Kitaoka (@AkiyoshiKitaoka) 2018”N12ŒŽ23“ú

<December 23, 2018>


"A GIF demo of the pausing/sticking illusion using four moving blocks of dots"

Dots appear to pause at the moment when dots cross.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2018 (June 27)

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.














Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2018 (July 1)






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"Four-stroke motion, Takeuchi type"

The image appears to rotate clockwise.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2016 (August 14)

Takeuchi, T. (1997) The motion analogue of the cafe wall illusion. Perception, 26, 569-584.


cf. 4-stroke motion with lines



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GIF


"Pulsing illusory lines of magnetic force"

Subjective color is observed.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2015 (February 8)




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SWF


"Beating hearts"

Hearts appear to expand when thay appear.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2014 (August 18)



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SWF


"Beating hearts 2"

Hearts appear to expand when thay appear.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2014 (August 18)



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SWF


"Rotation of red rings"

Each ring appears to rotate clockwise when it appears whereas each ring appears to rotate counterclockwise when it disappears.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2014 (August 18)



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SWF


"Rotation of red rings: alternation with red background"

Each ring appears to rotate counterclockwise when it appears whereas each ring appears to rotate clockwise when it disappears.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2014 (August 18)



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SWF


"Rotation of red rings: alternation with green background"

Each ring appears to rotate clockwise when it appears whereas each ring appears to rotate counterclockwise when it disappears.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2014 (August 18)



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SWF


"Rotation of red rings: alternation with blue background"

Each ring appears to rotate clockwise when it appears whereas each ring appears to rotate counterclockwise when it disappears.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2014 (August 18)



"Rotating blue-gray disks: a movie"

When disks are changing to be a homogeneous light-gray plane, the left disk appears to rotate clockwise whereas the right one counterclockwise. When disks are emerging from the homogeneous light-gray plane, the left disk appears to rotate counterclockwise whereas the right one clockwise.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2014 (April 12)



"Rotating blue-gray disks: a movie 2"

When disks are changing to be a homogeneous blue plane, the left disk appears to rotate counterclockwise whereas the right one clockwise. When disks are emerging from the homogeneous blue plane, the left disk appears to rotate clockwise whereas the right one counterclockwise.


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