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Scientific Reports, 2023 Visual illusions are a gateway to understand how we construct our experience of reality. Unfortunately, important questions remain open, such as the hypothesis of a common factor underlying the sensitivity to different types of illusions, as well as of ...
Dominique Makowski +4 more
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Nature, 1920 THE phenomenon referred to by Mr. Turner and by Prof. Boycott in NATURE of October 7 and 14, pp. 180 and 213, was described by Aristotle in his treatise on dreams (“Parva Naturalia”) thus: “Also, the senses are affected in this way when we turn quickly from; objects in motion, e.g. from looking at a river, and especially from looking at swiftly flowing
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What are lightness illusions and why do we see them? [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2007 Lightness illusions are fundamental to human perception, and yet why we see them is still the focus of much research. Here we address the question by modelling not human physiology or perception directly as is typically the case but our natural visual ...
David Corney, R Beau Lotto
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Antigravity Hills are Visual Illusions [PDF]
Psychological Science, 2003 Antigravity hills, also known as spook hills or magnetic hills, are natural places where cars put into neutral are seen to move uphill on a slightly sloping road, apparently defying the law of gravity. We show that these effects, popularly attributed to gravitational anomalies, are in fact visual illusions.
BRESSAN, PAOLA +2 more
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Humans are not fooled by size illusions in attractiveness judgements [PDF]
, 2014 Could signallers use size contrast illusions to dishonestly exaggerate their attractiveness to potential mates? Using composite photographs of women from three body mass index (BMI) categories designed to simulate small groups, we show that target women ...
Cornelissen, Piers +4 more
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Animals, 2022 Perceptual illusions, and especially visual illusions, are of great interest not only to scientists, but to all people who experience them. From a scientific perspective, illusory visual experiences are informative about the nature of visual processes ...
Michael J. Beran, Audrey E. Parrish
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Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions [PDF]
, 1971 Title: Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions, Author: Donna L.M. Mitchell, Location: ThodeTwo behavioral experiments were performed to determine whether cats perceive some geometric illusions. Cats were trained on a visual discrimination in
Mitchell, Donna L.M.
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Illusional Perspective across Humans and Bees
Vision, 2022 For two centuries, visual illusions have attracted the attention of neurobiologists and comparative psychologists, given the possibility of investigating the complexity of perceptual mechanisms by using relatively simple patterns.
Elia Gatto +4 more
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Journal of Vision, 2010 In many visual illusions, the perceived features of an object such as its size or orientation are influenced by nearby objects. In contrast, the presence of nearby, static objects often enhances the perceived spatial location of another object. Here we present a type of visual illusion in which the presence of a static object alters another object's ...
Tal, Makovski +2 more
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