Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.04.30.070623v1?rss=1 Authors: Bach, M., Atala-Gerard, L. Abstract: The Rotating Snakes illusion is a motion illusion based on repeating, asymmetric luminance patterns. Recently, we found certain grey-value conditions where a weak, illusory motion occurs in the opposite direction. There exist four models for explaining the illusion, one of which (Backus and Oruc 2005) also explains the unexpected perceived opposite direction. We here present a simple new model, without free parameters, based on an array of standard correlation-type motion detectors with a subsequent non-linearity (e.g., saturation) before summing the detector outputs. The model predicts (1) the pattern-appearance motion illusion for steady fixation, (2) an illusion under the real-world situation of saccades across the pattern occurring (pattern shift), (3) a relative maximum of illusory motion for the same grey values where it is found psychophysically, and (4) the inverse illusion for certain luminance values. We submit that its sparseness of assumptions justifies adding a fifth model to explain this illusion. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info