Distortions of space and time in and around objects and events
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21640985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sami R Yousif (0000-0002-4126-3072, The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Brynn E Sherman (0000-0002-5071-7101, The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-9384 • E-ISSN: 1531-5320 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3758/s13423-025-02848-6 |
| PMID | 41749018 |
| OpenAlex | W7131645332 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 62 |
Our perceptual experience is not a veridical representation of the world around us. We perceive structure in the form of objects and events , and this structure has consequences. Like gravity distorts space and time in the physical world, objects and events distort space and time in our minds, resulting in a plethora of illusions that observers can readily appreciate for themselves. Moreover, many of these distortions of space (caused by objects) and time (caused by events) appear to be perfect analogs of one another—suggesting a deep relationship between the representation of space and time, objects and events. Here we review dozens of illusions of space and time, discussing how they relate to one another and what these relations reveal about the organization of perceptual and mnemonic systems in the human mind
Illusion · Mnemonic · Optical illusion · Perception · Perceptual system · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Visual perception and processing mechanisms
On the genesis of abstract ideas.
Ontological categories guide young children's inductions of word meaning
Categories and particulars
Objects and attention
Judgments of frequency and recognition memory in a multiple-trace memory model.
More than a moment
A common format for representing spatial location in visual and motor working memory
Events and objects are similar cognitive entities
Unfolding event structure distorts subjective time
Retrieval context determines whether event boundaries impair or enhance temporal order memory
Event representation at the scale of ordinary experience
Oblique warping
A wrinkle in and of time
Perception and discrimination as a function of stimulus orientation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |