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Your brain does its best to piece together the world – but our senses are susceptible to being tricked. For centuries we thought that optical illusions only tricked our visual perception – now we know that the same illusions can trick the touch perception of those who are blind. There’s more to the humble optical illusion than first meets the eye 👀
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Further reading 📓
Bean, C. H. (1938). The blind have" optical illusions.". Journal of Experimental Psychology, 22(3), 283. psycnet.apa.org/journals/xge/22/3/283
Gentaz, E., & Hatwell, Y. (2004). Geometrical haptic illusions: The role of exploration in the Müller-Lyer, vertical-horizontal, and Delboeuf illusions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(1), 31-40. link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2FBF03206457?LI=true
Eagleman, D. M. (2001). Visual illusions and neurobiology. Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2(12), 920. eaglemanlab.net/papers/Eagleman.NatureRevNeuro.Illusions.pdf
Heller, M. A., & Gentaz, E. (2013). Psychology of touch and blindness. Psychology press.
books.google.com/books?id=hW1EAQAAQBAJ&dq=Psychology+of+Touch+and+Blindness&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Images 🌀
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upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Ponzo_illusion.gif
Try two months of CuriosityStream at curiositystream.com/braincraft
SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 ow.ly/rt5IE
Your brain does its best to piece together the world – but our senses are susceptible to being tricked. For centuries we thought that optical illusions only tricked our visual perception – now we know that the same illusions can trick the touch perception of those who are blind. There’s more to the humble optical illusion than first meets the eye 👀
My Twitter twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
Further reading 📓
Bean, C. H. (1938). The blind have" optical illusions.". Journal of Experimental Psychology, 22(3), 283. psycnet.apa.org/journals/xge/22/3/283
Gentaz, E., & Hatwell, Y. (2004). Geometrical haptic illusions: The role of exploration in the Müller-Lyer, vertical-horizontal, and Delboeuf illusions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(1), 31-40. link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2FBF03206457?LI=true
Eagleman, D. M. (2001). Visual illusions and neurobiology. Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2(12), 920. eaglemanlab.net/papers/Eagleman.NatureRevNeuro.Illusions.pdf
Heller, M. A., & Gentaz, E. (2013). Psychology of touch and blindness. Psychology press.
books.google.com/books?id=hW1EAQAAQBAJ&dq=Psychology+of+Touch+and+Blindness&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Images 🌀
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zollner_illusion.svg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poggendorff_illusion.svg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%BCller-Lyer_illusion.svg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Ponzo_illusion.gif
