Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Psychology Elective: Optical Illusions

My psychology students are learning about how our brain's perceptions can skewed which leads to optical illusions. Here are a few:

"The Pac Man" Illusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac_chaser#/media/File:Lilac-Chaser.gif
(if the pink is too hard to see, go here: http://www.rpdms.com/satillusion/saturation%20illusionc.gif
or here for different colors: http://www.rpdms.com/satillusion/ )
Count the Black Dots: http://www.mindfake.com/images/illusions/illusion_27.gif
Stare at the Black Dot: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/haze.jpg
Disappearing Yellow Dots: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/gif/2015/12/21/2e5838a813406ded41357235bbe1f5c5a224c338.gif

Just some more fun ones:
Focus on the dot in the center and move your head back and forth
NONE OF THESE CIRCLES ARE MOVING

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