Perception demos · MSense Lab
What can you see in a single glance?
A photograph flashes for less than a tenth of a second, faster than one eye movement, and a mask wipes it from the screen. Write down what you saw. Davenport and Potter (2004) used this procedure to show that objects are named better in a scene where they belong (a sofa in a living room), and, surprisingly, that scenes are named better when they contain an object that belongs.
Add your pictures: drag image files here or .
The pictures stay in your browser; nothing is uploaded. No pictures are included: use your own photos or ones you have the right to show. Tip: make pairs that swap two objects between two scenes (e.g. a cow on a meadow and a cow in an office).
The pictures stay in your browser; nothing is uploaded. No pictures are included: use your own photos or ones you have the right to show. Tip: make pairs that swap two objects between two scenes (e.g. a cow on a meadow and a cow in an office).
Measuring screen refresh…
How to run it in class. Click the grey area (or press space): fixation cross 500 ms → picture → scrambled mask → "What did you see?". Exposure is counted in whole screen frames, so the real duration is shown next to the menu. For a mini experiment, split the room: one half watches the consistent picture while the other half closes their eyes, then swap for the inconsistent version, so that nobody sees the same scene twice.
Davenport, J. L., & Potter, M. C. (2004). Scene consistency in object and background perception. Psychological Science, 15(8), 559–564.