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Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

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Scientists at the Champalimaud Foundation have identified a brain area that may be key to the "continuity illusion”, enabling us to perceive rapid sequences of still images as seamless motion, essential for everyday experiences like watching movies.

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Frederico Severo

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