Sara Joy :happy_pepper: @sarajw@front-end.social
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The fun thing is you can see this effect when you are looking in one direction and then move your eyes to look at a watch or clock with a second hand.

Sometimes, you'll see the second hand look like it's in the first position you see for a little longer than a second, because your brain has backfilled that period where your eyes were moving.

Super weird.

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An animated illustration showing a profile of a human head with a pink brain, where the eye is connected to the brain and projecting a yellow beam of light outward, representing how visual information is processed in the brain.

The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨ (@tksst@universeodon.com)

Attached: 1 image 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 👁️🧠 Did you know that your vision shuts down completely during rapid eye movements for about 2 hours of blindness each day? This phenomenon, called "saccadic suppression," prevents motion blur as your eyes jump between points. Your brain creates the illusion of continuous vision by splicing together snapshots and predicting what should happen next—much like the persistence of vision in #animation. 👉 Learn more: https://zurl.co/Js15N #tksst #video

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