Distorted Human photos with Peripheral vision?

It’s called the Flash Face Distortion Effect, it’s been studied.

www.facebook.com/share/r/15kZekzRrTT/

Look at the centre dot in between the two Flashed Photos.

NIH link.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6367465/

Never heard of this. I will study it.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

I had read that people in their peripheral vision from these tests, see Demons from the flashed faces. It’s odd.

Sorry, I don't use facebook - the link gives me small images not really showing the effect.

The nih.gov link gives me this:

here's PetaPixel:

petapixel.com/2012/05/22/flashed-face-distortion-effect-makes-ordinary-portraits-look-hideous/

Wikipedia:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashed_face_distortion_effect

The link I posted works for me. I am on Safari.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6367465/

www.psychologytoday.com/sg/blog/illusions-delusions-and-reality/202601/flashed-face-distortions-across-the-visual-field

Flashed Face Distortions Across the Visual Field
New research shows that the flashed face distortion depends on spatial location.

This is the original Flashed Face Distortion Effect video.

youtu.be/wM6lGNhPujE