How perception works: why what you see is your brain's best guess
Eye movements: why you never see your own eyes move
Your eyes jump about three times a second, and the world never blurs. Look at your own eyes in a mirror, and you cannot catch them moving. Why not?
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Rono looks at his left eye in the mirror, then at his right, then back. Left, right, left. His eyes never seem to move.
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Miva, beside him, sees them jump every time. Try it at any mirror: you will not catch your own eyes moving, and a friend watching you sees them do it.
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