Why You Can’t Tell Johnny Depp From His Double

October 7, 2014, 09:42 AM

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/10/why-you-cant-...

You have probably enjoyed many high-octane film scenes involving Johnny Depp and other action stars in which you were actually watching their stunt doubles without even noticing. Why couldn't you tell the difference? According to a new paper in Cell Biology (PDF) from researchers at the University of California - Berkeley and MIT, the answer's a bit more complicated than tricks involving camera angles — and it involves the same perceptual mechanisms that help prevent our world from slipping in...