The circle in the center of this wavy yellow and purple pattern appears to move to the right while the background appears to moving to the left.  The motion effect on this one is incredibly strong for me.  I don’t know if it is the colors, or what, but it certainly seems like an animation […]

Akiyoshi Kitaoka is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.  He is well known for his work developing and trying to understand anomalous motion illusions.  His most famous work is Rotating Snakes where a series of circular snakes appear to rotate spontaneously.  Upon releasing this work to the public […]