Illusion Blog

By mixingmemory on April 30, 2008.

Via Dave, I just learned of vision scientist Arthur Shapiro's new blog, Illusion Sciences. Very cool stuff.

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Fantastic new illusion blog by Arthur Shapiro

The man behind the amazing Contrast Asynchrony illusion has started a blog! Arthur Shapiro tells me he has a backlog of literally thousands of illusions. He promises to offer a new illusion every week, along with an explanation of the science behind it. Here's a preview of this week's illusion:…

The anatomy of an illusion -- and what it tells us about the visual system

Take a look at this amazing illusion created by Arthur Shapiro (you'll need the latest version of Flash Player to see it): You're looking at two donut-shaped figures whose "holes" are gradually changing color from black to white and back again. It appears that the holes are changing in an opposite…

Cool Visual Illusions: The Winking Effect and Other Luminance-Contrast Illusions

In honor of the announcement of the Best Visual Illusion of the Year (via Steve), I thought I'd revive the old cool visual illusion series. I may post about this year's winner, the leaning tower illusion, in the future, but I just now read the paper, so I have some work to do first. Instead, I'm…

How the curveball fools you: Illusion of the Year

Koufax, bringing the four-seamer. God save the guy at the plate. I always look forward to the Illusion of the Year contest, but this year brings a special treat: a new explanation of how the curveball baffles batters. Just a few days ago, during BP, my friend Bill Perreault threw me one of those…

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