ARTexplains Science and History | 3 AMAZING Optical Illusions Demonstrated and Explained @ARTexplains | Uploaded February 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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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TangenCognitionLab
Published on May 14, 2012
Visit 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: 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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youtube.com/watch?v=JEJqy1Wlovw
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.
Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
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!
Thanks to patron:
Whitney Toftness
Website (ARTexplains Fridge Magnets Available Here): alexandertoftness.com/shop
Patreon: patreon.com/ARTexplains
Twitter: twitter.com/ARTexplains
Facebook: facebook.com/ARTexplains
Creative Commons for this episode:
By Chabacano - CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1759001
youtube.com/watch?v=VT9i99D_9gI
TangenCognitionLab
Published on May 14, 2012
Visit 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: 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
Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
youtube.com/watch?v=JEJqy1Wlovw
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.
Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
