Optical perception is a crucial ability that we have evolved in order to
discern predators, prey, and objects of interest from the surrounding environment. This optical perception system is not infallible and is susceptible to processing errors, which can be exploited through optical illusions such as “Rotating Snakes”, created by Kitaoka Akiyoshi.
The “Rotating Snakes” illusion features sets of concentric wheels of differently colored shapes and though it is a completely static image, it appears to be full of rotary motion. The apparent rotation of the illusion is perceived in a dark-to-light direction and only occurs in the peripheral vision due to microsaccades, miniscule movements of the eye. Our research sought out to test the effect of various color combinations on the illusory motion perceived in Kitaoka Akiyoshi’s Rotating Snake illusion.
http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3posters/files/gravity_forms/2-6a6a604a5c2187e7fef8e857ad947746/2015/12/Project-Poster.pdf
Preethi Singh, Nicolas Yehya, Philip Laudo
Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras, Logan McBride
City College
Illusions, Color wheel, Kitaoka Akiyoshi, Perception
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