A new explanation for flash-lag effect using a testable mechanism for first- person inner sensation of perception

When a flash is briefly presented in a specific location adjacent to the path of a uniformly moving object, the former is perceived to lag the latter. This is called flash lag effect (FLE). A mechanistic explanation for FLE is expected to match with all the disparate findings from FLE experiments in an interconnected manner. This explanation is also expected to match with the general mechanism of perception in the nervous system that operates in agreement with the remaining findings of the system at different levels. In this context, using a derived mechanism for the generation of first-person internal sensation of perception called the semblance hypothesis that matches with other findings from the system, present work provides new interconnected explanations for numerous findings associated with FLE. By verifying testable predictions arising from the semblance hypothesis, it may become possible to understand timescale-matched neurobiological changes responsible for perception.