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[[Image:silencinghue.jpg|thumb|This is the first frame of a video demonstration<ref>[http://visionlab.harvard.edu/silencing/ Demonstrations of silencing ]</ref> of silencing.]]▼

'''Silencing''' is a visual illusion in which a set of objects that change in [http://visionlab.harvard.edu/silencing/movies/luminance.mp4 luminance], [http://visionlab.harvard.edu/silencing/movies/hue.mp4 hue], [http://visionlab.harvard.edu/silencing/movies/size.mp4 size], or [http://visionlab.harvard.edu/silencing/movies/shape.mp4 shape] appears to stop changing when it moves. It was discovered by Jordan Suchow<ref>Jordan Suchow is online at http://jwsu.ch/ow/</ref> and George Alvarez<ref>George Alvarez is online at http://visionlab.harvard.edu/Members/George/Welcome.html</ref> of Harvard University, and described in a paper published in ''Current Biology''.<ref>Suchow, J.W., & Alvarez, G.A. (2011). [http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(10)01650-7 Motion silences awareness of visual change]. Current Biology. {{doi|10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.019}}</ref> Silencing won the Neural Correlate Society's "Best visual illusion of the year contest" in 2011.<ref>http://www.livescience.com/14097-visual-illusion-contest-motion-perception-change-blindness.html</ref>▼