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dc.contributor.authorEkroll, Vebjørn
dc.contributor.authorSvalebjørg, Mats
dc.contributor.authorPirrone, Angelo
dc.contributor.authorBøhm, Gisela Petra
dc.contributor.authorJentschke, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorvan Lier, Rob
dc.contributor.authorWagemans, Johan
dc.contributor.authorHøye, Alena
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-11T14:46:16Z
dc.date.available2022-02-11T14:46:16Z
dc.date.created2021-03-25T11:17:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-24
dc.identifier.citationCognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 2021, 6 (22), .en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2978539
dc.descriptionCitation: Ekroll, V., Svalebjørg, M., Pirrone, A. et al. The illusion of absence: how a common feature of magic shows can explain a class of road accidents. Cogn. Research 6, 22 (2021).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the present note is to draw attention to the potential role of a recently discovered visual illusion in creating traffic accidents. The illusion consists in a compelling and immediate experience that the space behind an occluding object in the foreground is empty. Although the illusion refers to a region of space, which is invisible due to occlusion (a blind spot), there is evidence to suggest that it is nevertheless driven by visual mechanisms and that it can be just as deceptive and powerful as ordinary visual illusions. We suggest that this novel illusion can make situations involving blind spots in a road user's field of view even more dangerous than one would expect based on the lack of visibility by itself. This could be because it erroneously makes the road user feel that (s)he has actually seen everything there is to see, and thus has verified that the blind spot is empty. This hypothesis requires further testing before definitive conclusions can be drawn, but we wish to make researchers and authorities involved in the analysis of traffic accidents and on-the-spot crash investigations aware of its potential role in order to encourage registration of relevant data and facilitate further research.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.titleThe illusion of absence: how a common feature of magic shows can explain a class of road accidentsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2021, The Author(s)en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s41235-021-00287-0
dc.identifier.cristin1900973
dc.source.journalCognitive Research: Principles and Implicationsen_US
dc.source.volume6en_US
dc.source.issue22en_US
dc.source.pagenumber16en_US


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