When you track the little moving dot with your eyes, notice that the expanding/contracting motion in the background appears to be attenuated.
This ’smooth pursuit motion suppression’ may have evolved to at least partially discount the spurious motion that appears on your retina when you move your eyes.
2009
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Smooth pursuit motion suppression
© 2009 Peter Tse




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