What term describes the continued perception of motion when viewing a rapid sequence of images?

What term describes the continued perception of motion when viewing a rapid sequence of images?

• A. Displacement
• B. Persistence of Vision
• C. Parallax
• D. Temporal Illusion

Answer: (B)

Persistence of vision explains why we perceive continuous motion when we view a rapid sequence of images. The eye and brain briefly hold onto a visual image after the stimulus ends, so successive frames overlap in perception and create the sense of motion. This blending is the reason film, animation, and GIFs appear smooth even though they are just a series of still pictures shown quickly. Displacement is simply the change in an object's position, not about how our perception fuses frames over time. Parallax refers to the apparent shift of objects relative to each other when viewed from different positions, providing depth cues, not the continuity of motion from rapid imagery. Temporal illusion is a broad idea about time perception tricks, not specifically the persistence of a briefly held image that makes sequences look animated.

Persistence of vision explains why we perceive continuous motion when we view a rapid sequence of images. The eye and brain briefly hold onto a visual image after the stimulus ends, so successive frames overlap in perception and create the sense of motion. This blending is the reason film, animation, and GIFs appear smooth even though they are just a series of still pictures shown quickly.

Displacement is simply the change in an object's position, not about how our perception fuses frames over time. Parallax refers to the apparent shift of objects relative to each other when viewed from different positions, providing depth cues, not the continuity of motion from rapid imagery. Temporal illusion is a broad idea about time perception tricks, not specifically the persistence of a briefly held image that makes sequences look animated.