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Abstract

If somebody gazes at your left eye, you perceive them as looking straight at you. They switch their gaze with a single saccade to your right eye. You see their eyes move, yet they paradoxically end up still looking straight at you. Comparable paradoxical effects can arise when you view your own selfie image on a phone screen—but not when you look in a mirror.

Keywords

gaze motion illusion

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