Even though we experience a stable world, the visual input to the yes basically consists of a series of "retinal snapshots". What we are trying to find out is how we are able to create a stable and useful perception of the world, based on this seemingly incoherent and unstable input. [Download in .avi format]

Papers that address this issue:

Mathôt, S. & Theeuwes, J.  (2011). Visual Attention and Stability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366, 516-527 [pdf].

Mathôt, S. & Theeuwes, J.  (2010). Evidence for the predictive remapping of visual attention. Experimental Brain Research, 200, 117-122  [pdf]

Mathôt, S. & Theeuwes, J.  (2010). Gradual Remapping Results in Early Retinotopic and Late Spatiotopic Inhibition of Return. Psychological Science, 21, 1793-1798  [pdf].