An observation about visual processing. dancing ballerina / spinning dancer optical illusion made easy.
A personal anecdote.
One evening, I remember walking up St. Martin's Lane on my way home from work. I had a moment where my brain failed to understand what I was looking at. I saw a person with no face. The eyes nose and mouth were missing, the face was blank flesh. It was just for a moment, then the eyes, nose and mouth appeared.
I suspect this illusion happened due to tiredness and the level of light.
A personal anecdote.
One evening, I remember walking up St. Martin's Lane on my way home from work. I had a moment where my brain failed to understand what I was looking at. I saw a person with no face. The eyes nose and mouth were missing, the face was blank flesh. It was just for a moment, then the eyes, nose and mouth appeared.
I suspect this illusion happened due to tiredness and the level of light.
I just read about the face thing: blogs.scientificamerican.com/illusion-chasers/locking-eyes-with-a-monster/
ReplyDeleteIt's been a dog's age since I've experienced anything like it, myself.
Thanks for the link. I read it with interest, and was happy to see that my intuition was headed in the right direction. Fascinating stuff.
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