These ‘top 12 perceptual illusions’ will have your brain pleading for mercy
We’re grateful to a chap called Steve Stewart-Williams for sharing his favourite 12 perceptual illusions.
One or two (or three) might be familiar but there’s plenty in here we hadn’t come across before. We’re off for a lie-down and you might need one too.
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THREAD: My Top 12 Favourite Perceptual Illusions
1. A great example of how expectations guide perception. pic.twitter.com/DIqwOqAaRK
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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2. The horizontal lines in this image are all parallel. https://t.co/Y0o0hd8R15 HT @victoria1skye pic.twitter.com/Sp1JoPGzsb
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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3. The circles in this image are all the same colour. https://t.co/H4Prys8l0n pic.twitter.com/glmN5Epkwi
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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4. This isn’t a GIF – the movement is all in your head. pic.twitter.com/8A9pJigPri
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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5. This looks two photos of the same road, taken from different angles. But it’s just the same photo twice. https://t.co/pdq0iRynFw pic.twitter.com/hb5I3kPr87
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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6. We don’t directly perceive how light or dark objects are; the perceptual system makes an educated “guess” based on the lightness or darkness of the surroundings. https://t.co/C8VwDBJbYx HT @AkiyoshiKitaoka pic.twitter.com/Uo3U291WLw
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018