Motion induced blindness: the yellow dots never disappear
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Focus on the green dot.
After a few seconds, one or more of the yellow dots will vanish and reappear, even though they never actually move or disappear.
What you’re experiencing is “Motion Induced Blindness”.
Researchers believe this illusion happens because of attention: your brain gives priority to the strong, constantly moving background and temporarily “drops” the weaker, still objects.
It’s a kind of winner-takes-all process in the visual system, where motion dominates and the stationary dots fade from awareness.