Post by @cooltechtipz
3% credible (3% factual, 2% presentation). The claim that a Japanese neurologist created an optical illusion to measure stress is false; the image is a standard peripheral drift illusion by Ukrainian artist Yurii Perepadia, inspired by Akiyoshi Kitaoka's work, with no diagnostic validity for stress. The post exhibits severe framing violations and logical fallacies, including an appeal to false authority and omission of the image's true origin and purpose.
Analysis Summary
The post promotes an optical illusion as a tool created by a Japanese neurologist to gauge stress levels based on perceived movement, suggesting stillness indicates calm while carousel-like motion signals high stress. This claim is false; the image is a standard peripheral drift illusion not linked to stress, created by Ukrainian artist Yurii Perepadia in 2016, inspired by Japanese psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka's work, with no neurological diagnostic validity. Fact-checks from sources like Reuters and BBC confirm it's a recurring hoax designed to exploit visual perception tricks.
Original Content
The Facts
The post spreads a debunked myth by attributing pseudoscientific stress-measuring properties to a generic optical illusion, miscrediting its origin to a nonexistent Japanese neurologist. Verdict: False – No evidence supports stress correlation; it's purely a visual effect affecting most viewers similarly regardless of emotional state.
Benefit of the Doubt
The author advances an engaging, shareable narrative framing the illusion as a simple self-diagnostic tool for mental health, likely to boost interaction on social media by tapping into common stress concerns. Key omissions include the illusion's actual creator (Yurii Perepadia), its basis in Kitaoka's non-diagnostic research on visual perception, and the lack of any scientific backing for stress detection, which misleads readers into believing it's a valid psychological test. This selective presentation shapes perception by exoticizing 'Japanese neurology' for credibility while ignoring counter-evidence from fact-checkers, potentially fostering unnecessary anxiety or false self-assessment.
How Is This Framed?
Biases, omissions, and misleading presentation techniques detected
Fails to mention the image's true origin as a non-diagnostic optical illusion, presenting it instead as a legitimate stress tool.
Problematic phrases:
"This image was made by a neurologist from Japan."What's actually there:
Created in 2016 as peripheral drift illusion with no stress correlation
What's implied:
Diagnostic tool invented by Japanese neurologist for stress measurement
Impact: Readers accept pseudoscience as valid mental health advice, leading to misguided self-assessment.
Implies a direct causal link between emotional stress and the illusion's perceived motion without substantiation.
Problematic phrases:
"remains still when you're calm""moves a little when youre little stress""mimics a carousel when under high stress"What's actually there:
Motion effect is uniform optical illusion affecting perception similarly regardless of stress
What's implied:
Motion intensity directly caused by and proportional to stress level
Impact: Fosters belief in nonexistent psychophysiological connection, potentially increasing anxiety through false validation.
Presents a 2016 illusion as a current, novel diagnostic tool without indicating its age or hoax status.
Problematic phrases:
"This image was made by a neurologist from Japan."What's actually there:
Old viral illusion debunked multiple times
What's implied:
Recent or timeless scientific innovation
Impact: Creates false sense of novelty and urgency, encouraging shares as 'new' discovery.
Ignores fact-checks and scientific consensus debunking any stress-detection validity.
Problematic phrases:
"It remains still when you're calm, moves a little when youre little stress & mimics a carousel when under high stress."What's actually there:
Debunked as hoax with no neurological basis
What's implied:
Scientifically supported stress indicator
Impact: Withholds disconfirming evidence, allowing misleading narrative to persist and mislead on mental health tools.
Sources & References
External sources consulted for this analysis
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https://x.com/cooltechtipz/status/1970677967572635752
https://x.com/cooltechtipz/status/1920682578299810281
https://x.com/cooltechtipz/status/1887686493914997016
https://x.com/cooltechtipz/status/1934559330935984225
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