As we talked about multimedia earlier today, the perfect definition of the word would be a type of medium that tries to target all your senses at the same time. Retinal Persistence plays a big role with senses especially your eyes, the word retinal derives from retina. What I understood from researching about this concept is that when you watch a film an area in your brain(perception of motion)that allows you to store a visual impression in memory for a few hundred milliseconds after the visual stimulus has disappeared. The first theories that came up about Retinal persistence were that retinal persistence was caused by a slow movement of the frames in the camera and that the mind sees flashing pictures. These theories were proven wrong by new psychologists. Flipbooks are an example of Retinal persistence, when flipped at a fast enough speed, the illusion of smooth motion is created.
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