About 10 years ago, Backus and Ipek Oruc, then a postdoc in his lab and now a professor at the University of British Columbia, became fascinated with the Rotating Snakes illusion.

From @vaughanbell at Mind Hacks: The latest Journal of Neuroscience features a study on the neuroscience behind Akiyoshi Kitaoka’s famous Rotating Snakes illusion and to celebrate they’re made ...

Microsaccades and Blinks Trigger Illusory Rotation in the 'Rotating Snakes' Illusion. Journal of Neuroscience , 2012; 32 (17): 6043 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5823-11.2012 Cite This Page : ...

The neural bases of illusory motion in Akiyoshi Kitaoka's striking optical illusion, dubbed ‘Rotating Snakes’ has been explored by researchers. Kitaoka is a Japanese psychology professor who ...

Illusions aren't just for fun; they also help reveal how human vision works. Commentator Tania Lombrozo turns to an expert for an explanation of why we perceive motion where none exists.

Rotating Snakes or Spinning Discs Optical Illusion: An optical illusion is a mind-bending illustration of an object or drawing or picture that has different appearances if looked at from different ...

Citations J. Otero-Millan et al. Microsaccades and blinks trigger illusory rotation in the “Rotating Snakes” illusion. Journal of Neuroscience,Vol. 32, April 25, 2012. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI ...

The rotating snakes illusion is a motion illusion in which we perceive movement that isn't happening. Everything in the image above is static, and yet the overlapping round objects appear to swirl.

"The Rotating Snakes Illusion," Akiyoshi Kitaoka // Ritsumeikan University, Japan, 2005 Finalist "The Rotating Snakes Illusion" | Used by permission of Akiyoshi Kitaoka.

The Rotating Snakes Are All In Your Mind. Illusions aren't just for fun; they also help reveal how human vision works. Commentator Tania Lombrozo turns to an expert for an explanation of ...