Have you ever wondered how our world remains visually stable despite the constant movement of our eyes? This fascinating question has puzzled scientists for generations. But now, a groundbreaking study by Schweitzer and Rolfs sheds new light on this mystery.

When light particles, or photons, hit our retina, they trigger a series of neural processes. These processes happen first in the retina and then in the brain. The brain integrates these photons into lines, patterns, textures, motion, and eventually the complete abstract representations that we perceive as our visual experience. However, because our eyes are in constant motion, different parts of the retina are responsible for detecting these photons at different times. This creates an ambiguity: did the object move or did our eyes?

Traditional research has mostly scrutinized what we see right before and after an eye movement, ignoring the visual inputs generated during the movement itself. However, Schweitzer and Rolfs challenge this notion, revealing that these