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In the Orbison illusion, the squares closer to the image\'s center seem larger than the outside squares. The radiating lines and center point trick us into thinking we are moving forward toward the center point. The result is a perception of what the image would look like a tenth of a second into the future. Credit: Mark Changizi, RPI.

In the Orbison illusion, the squares closer to the image's center seem larger than the outside squares. The radiating lines and center point trick us into thinking we are moving forward toward the center point. The result is a perception of what the image would look like a tenth of a second into the future. Credit: Mark Changizi, RPI.

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