By showing the audience the target object, such as the ball or outfit, and then removing it very quickly from the visual field, the persistence of vision effect will make it appear that the object is...

By showing the audience the target object, such as the ball or outfit, and then removing it very quickly from the visual field, the persistence of vision effect will make it appear that the object is still there. This is due to a response in vision neurons called the after-discharge, which will create an afterimage that lasts for up to 100 milliseconds after a stimulus is removed (Macknik et al., 2008).