Be Smart | 9 Illusions That Explain How Your Brain Constructs Reality @besmart | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 3 minutes ago
Thank you to Policygenius for supporting PBS. To learn more, go to https://Policygenius.com/BeSmart
↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓

Optical illusions are fun, but they can also teach us a lot about how our brains work. In particular, how our brains accomplish the incredible feat of constructing a three-dimensional reality using nothing but 2-D images from our eyes. A young artist and psychology researcher named Adelbert Ames, Jr. developed a series of illusions that help us understand how this process of constructing reality actually works. Sometimes we need to be fooled in order to gain understanding.

We'd like to acknowledge Dr. Phil Kellman from UCLA for his helpful discussions about the principles of spatial perception at play in these illusions https://kellmanlab.psych.ucla.edu/

Special thanks to Brian from Real Engineering for 3D printing the anamorphic cube for me! youtube.com/c/RealEngineering

References used in this episode: sites.google.com/view/references-ames-illusions/home

-----------
We’re on PATREON!
Join the community patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart

Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons:

Ali Freiburger
Amy Sowada
Attila Pix
Baerbel Winkler
Barbora Bei
Burt Humburg
Clinger-Hamilton Family
dani bowman
David Johnston
DeliciousKashmiri
Dustin
Eric Meer
Karen Haskell
Ken Board
Mehdi Damou
Robert Young
Roy Lasris
Salih Arslan

Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson
http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart

Instagram
http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson
http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart

Merch
store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart

Facebook
facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs