Tunnel effect
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In experimental psychology, the tunnel effect is the perception as a single object of something moving beyond an occluding object and then reappearing after a suitable amount of time on the other side of it. This phenomenon has been studied by Burke (1952), who discovered that the optimal amount of time for giving the impression of a single object is shorter what is actually needed to cross the occlusion at that speed.
[edit] References
- G. Bruno Vicario and Y. Kiritani, Slow-Motion Tunnel Effect: an Enquiry into Vertical Organization of Perceptual Events
- L. Burke (1952). On the tunnel effect. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4, 121-138.
