Visual Illusions

[Tomas]

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6th Annual Illusion of the Year Contest

Arthur Shapiro from American University, Zhong-Lin Lu from USC, and two colleagues won first place
in the Visual Sciences Society's Best Visual Illusion of the Year contest for this very cool animation,
which offers a theory about how the human eye perceives curveballs. To better understand why
batters can't always trust what they see, follow the instructions and read the brief explanation.

Go here > http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate. ... -curveball


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[Carl G]

I'd nominate the Obama administration, as being a vehicle of hope and positive change, and especially Barack himself, as a peacemaker.

[Tomas]

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Optical illusions from eyetricks.com

Rotating Dots Optical Illusion http://www.eyetricks.com/rotatingdots.htm

[Tomas]

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84 Optical Illusions

Sections

Motion & Time

Luminance & Contrast

Colour

Geometric- & Angle Illusions

Space, 3D & Size Constancy

Cognitive-/Gestalt Effects

Specialties with Faces

Go here > http://michaelbach.de/ot

[Kunga]

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/left-vs ... -or-logic/

[Tomas]

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/left-vs ... -or-logic/

I posted this a year or so ago.......

[Nick]

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/left-vs ... -or-logic/

It's a hoax. If you watch it long enough it just switches directions every few minutes or so.

[Tomas]

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Ten of the greatest optical illusions

From normal-looking upside-down faces turning grotesque to horozontal line appearing to
slope but are in fact parallel, Richard Wiseman chooses his ten favourite optical illusions.

Is this Einstein or Marilyn Monroe? >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive ... sions.html