Vision: when the clock appears to stop

Curr Biol. 2002 Feb 19;12(4):R135-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00707-8.

Abstract

Eye movements produce a temporary loss of visual sensitivity known as saccadic suppression, and a distortion of space perception known as saccadic compression. A new study has reported a seemingly related phenomenon --chronostasis---in which one's perception of time also undergoes an illusory distortion during rapid movements of the eyes.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Perception / physiology*
  • Retina / physiology
  • Saccades / physiology*
  • Time*
  • Vision, Ocular / physiology*