Two cool optical illusions...
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Disney's purposeful accidental view
Category: Art
Or forced perspective. I suspect this is more sensitive to viewpoint than the previous post. -via BoingBoing-...
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Walking on water
Category: Vision
These installations (or more precisely drawings on the floor and ceiling) take advantage of our use of textures to perceive a third dimension/depth out of monocular cues. I'm curious how effective they are from different viewpoints. Perhaps there are some accidental views that make the texture completely boring instead of...
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Bicycle drawing machine
Category: Art
Maybe it's because I just had a stiff drink - but I absolutely love this thing. The art is cool, bicycles are great, and engineering for fun interests me. Maybe it's not the bourbon... -Via Neatorama-...
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Beautiful pictures of the brain
Category: Art
The NYTimes has a great article, slide show and video with some phenomenal pictures of the brain. Well worth checking out. Enjoy!...
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If you happen to be falling from the sky into the water right now this brain is for you
Category: Neuroscience
yes you. Or perhaps you've fallen off of your midlife crisis testosterone penis boat? This here inflatable brain could save your life. Order only if you are experiencing an actual emergency drowning situation. Alternatively you could buy this for me for XMas... if only you knew where to send it....
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What ABSOLUTELY to buy on cyber monday: plastinated brainzzz
Category: Art
Jessica @ Bioephemera found some really great plastinated bull cocks and I have to agree with her on not buying them. But... I LOVE these brains! Too bad they're 1500 euros :/...
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Effervescent Brain Salt
Category: Art
Mmmm.... brains... And.... I'm back...
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Winnie the Pooh does animated mental disorders
Category: Psychology
I don't usually post anything about "that kind" of psychology but I loved these: (via Dangerous Minds & their creator - Matthew Wilkinson)...
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A new twist on an old illusion.
Category: Art
The monkey business illusion. Did it work on you? This video is great especially since most people studying psychology have seen the original gorilla video. This even worked on a group of the most important vision scientists in the world at a recent Vision Sciences Society annual meeting. Also, check...
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