The motion aftereffect is a visual illusion experienced after a person views a moving visual stimulus for some time with stationary eyes and then fixates on a stationary stimulus, which then appears to move in the direction opposite to the original stimulus, believed to result from motion adaptation in the visual system. Its best known form is the waterfall illusion: after looking at a waterfall for about a minute, the stationary rocks beside it appear to drift upward. A related form, the spiral aftereffect, occurs when a person looks at the center of a rotating spiral for several seconds and then perceives any stationary pattern as moving in the direction opposite the spiral's own rotation.
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Core ClaimA visual illusion after viewing a moving stimulus, in which a stationary stimulus then appears to move. 1 First Described Year Classification
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1. Motion Aftereffect - Wikipedia
Overview
The motion aftereffect (MAE) is a visual illusion experienced after viewing a moving visual stimulus for a time (tens of milliseconds to minutes) with stationary eyes, and then fixating a stationary stimulus.
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The motion aftereffect is a visual illusion experienced after a person views a moving visual stimulus for some time with stationary eyes and then fixates on a stationary stimulus, which then appears to move in the direction opposite to the original stimulus, believed to result from motion adaptation in the visual system.
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