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Inability to Perceive the Direction of Rotation Movement of Line Segments

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A difference in speed of rotation, but not a difference in the direction of rotation alone, serves to make an array of line segments in a computer generated movie discernible from the background. The finding outlines some of the limitations of the human visual system.

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    BELA JULESZ & ROSANNE I. HESSE

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JULESZ, B., HESSE, R. Inability to Perceive the Direction of Rotation Movement of Line Segments. Nature 225, 243–244 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225243a0

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