DOI: 10.1177/20416695231187800 ISSN:
The zooming-speed illusion: A meta illusion?
Hiroshi Ashida, Akiyoshi Kitaoka- Artificial Intelligence
- Sensory Systems
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Ophthalmology
A movie taken from the front window of a running train, with zooming in and out, has been popularly acknowledged as a perceptual illusion such that the train motion is perceived as much slower when zoomed in. This is, however, not a real illusion because the image speed varies as a function of the focal length of the lens. This could be a meta-illusion, that is, an illusory sense of illusion, that might reflect a lack of understanding of how zooming changes the geometrical structure of the image.