3 AMAZING Optical Illusions Demonstrated and Explained
The human visual system has so many quirks and caveats (such as weak peripheral vision, saccadic masking, and blind spots) that it is a miracle that we can even see at all. Not only, that, but sometimes it just makes stuff up! Today I explain three optical illusions and you can follow along with the demonstrations!
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• Shocking illusion - Pretty celebritie...
TangenCognitionLab
Published on May 14, 2012
Visit http://think101.org to learn more about this illusion and how our experience affects what we see.
This is a new scientific finding called the "Flashed Face Distortion Effect". You can read more about it here: http://mbthompson.com/research
Tangen, J. M., Murphy, S. C., & Thompson, M. B. (2011). Flashed face distortion effect: Grotesque faces from relative spaces. Perception, 40, 628-630 doi:10.1068/p6968
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• Other - Analogue Clock
Jonathan Lang
Published on Aug 4, 2012
An old analogue clock mounted on a wall ticking by for two minutes. Hour, minute and second hands are visible. This video is provided on YouTube as a preview. The full quality, non-watermarked version can be downloaded from http://www.artisanaldigital.com. Artisanal Digital aims to provide free stock video to students and teachers, as well as anyone else who'd like to use it.
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