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Tag: perception

January 10, 2017August 22, 2019 misciwriterseditors blog, Neuroscience, Uncategorized

More than Meets the Eye: How Optical Illusions Stump Our Brains

Author: Haley Amemiya

Editors: Kevin Boehnke, Zuleirys Rodriguez, Patricia Garay, and Scott Barolo

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Figure 1. Ninio’s Extinction Illusion

There are twelve black spots in scientist Jacques Ninio’s Extinction Illusion. Can you see them all at once? Continue reading “More than Meets the Eye: How Optical Illusions Stump Our Brains” →

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