这种错觉是由随机的眼球运动引起的，这些运动在水平和垂直方向上是独立的。然而，图中两种类型的图案几乎消除了平行于每种图案类型的眼球运动的影响。因此，圆盘刺激的神经元传递信号，表明圆盘由于眼球运动的水平分量而抖动，而背景刺激的神经元传递信号，表明运动是由于独立的垂直分量引起的。由于这两个区域独立抖动，大脑将这些区域解释为对应于独立的物体 (Olveczky et al. 2003)。
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