Classic Visual illusion: Blind Sight (MIB)

by freezeblue on 2010-01-06 18:09:34

If you are reading this article, except for nearsightedness or farsightedness, I think you should have no other visual disorders. But the following optical illusion will make your good eyes blind to something. Don't be afraid, it just temporarily blinds your eyes to certain things. Now look bravely at the flashing green dot in the middle of the animation, and keep your eyes focused on that dot, but focus your mind on the three yellow dots around it, and the magic will begin...

If you look hard enough, you will notice that the three yellow dots around them will disappear into your field of vision one by one, in pairs, or simultaneously. Of course, this is not something we've done with the animation, the dots have always been there, but your eyes are just blind to them. In the field of brain and cognitive science, The scientific name for this optical illusion is Motion Induced Blindness, MIB) - Certain Motion patterns cause the brain to experience intermittent loss of visual awareness of stationary objects superimposed on motion patterns (see the paper "Motion-induced blindness is not tuned to retinal speed").