The viewing-from-above bias and the silhouette illusion

The silhouette illusion published online a number of years ago by the Japanese Flash designer Nobuyuki Kayahara has received substantial attention from the online community. One feature that seems to make it interesting is an apparent rotational bias: Observers see it spinning more often clockwise t...

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Autores principales: Troje, Nikolaus F, McAdam, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pion 2010
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Short and Sweet
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0408
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description The silhouette illusion published online a number of years ago by the Japanese Flash designer Nobuyuki Kayahara has received substantial attention from the online community. One feature that seems to make it interesting is an apparent rotational bias: Observers see it spinning more often clockwise than counter-clockwise. Here, we show that this rotational bias is in fact due to the visual system's preference for viewpoints from above rather than from below.
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spelling pubmed-34857682012-11-09 The viewing-from-above bias and the silhouette illusion Troje, Nikolaus F McAdam, Matthew Iperception Short and Sweet The silhouette illusion published online a number of years ago by the Japanese Flash designer Nobuyuki Kayahara has received substantial attention from the online community. One feature that seems to make it interesting is an apparent rotational bias: Observers see it spinning more often clockwise than counter-clockwise. Here, we show that this rotational bias is in fact due to the visual system's preference for viewpoints from above rather than from below. Pion 2010-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3485768/ /pubmed/23145219 http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0408 Text en Copyright © 2010 N F Troje http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This open-access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Licence, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original author(s) and source are credited and no alterations are made.
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