Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual PerceptionThis intriguing collection contains more than 275 optical illusions that appear to change before your eyes. Al Seckel carefully selected both well-known images, such as Shepard's tabletop, Wade's spiral, Ames room and Rubin's face/vase, and many lesser-known, but no less effective, illusions. Every type of optical illusion is here, along with notes about the science of each visual perception and how the illusions work. Among the baffling images and shapes are:
With illusions rendered in photography, artwork and computer imaging, and a huge variety of themes and effects, Optical Illusions dazzles both the mind and the eye. |
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afterimages Akiyoshi Kitaoka Ames Room anamorphic anamorphosis areas artist Oscar Reutersvärd artist Sandro Del-Prete background bottom brain Brightness Illusion checks Chess Set circles Compare context contours Cornsweet Illusion created this ambiguous cube depth distance distorted dots edges effect English vision scientist Escher example face figure and ground figure/ground illusion Fraser's Spiral head hidden horizontal identical Illusion see illusion illusory impossible figures impossible triangle interpretation invert Japanese vision scientist Jos De Mey light lines appear look Lotto luminance Moon Illusion motion move neurons normal objects Oscar Reutersvärd paradox perceive perception perpendicular Pinna's Poggendorf Illusion portrait prongs Purves retina Roger Shepard scene scientist Akiyoshi Kitaoka Scintillating Grid Illusion sculpture segments shadow Shigeo Fukuda squares staircase Stare stereo strange stripes surface Swedish artist Oscar Swiss artist Sandro three-dimensional tilted variation vertical viewing angle vision scientist Akiyoshi visual angle visual system visual/perceptual system Zöllner Illusion