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May 23, 2014optical illusions

Optical illusion

From time to time I have posted some excellent optical illusions — this one is particularly good — and no lysergic acid diethylamide involved :) Cognitionoptical illusions

May 14, 2010Neuralcorrelate Society, optical illusions

Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest

Check out the top illusions of 2010 in the competition organized by the Neuralcorrelate Society.

March 7, 2010optical illusions

Some more optical illusions – really variations on a couple of themes – see here – and here.

February 16, 2010cognition, cognitive science, optical illusions

Optical Illusions Revisited

Due to popular demand here are some more “moving” optical illusions I’ve found (here are the original ones I posted).

January 20, 2010active perception, Alva Noë, Andy Clark, artificial intelligence, brain science, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, david chalmers, distributed cognition, Embedded, embodiment, enactivism, Galen Strawson, Howard Robinson, intentionality, Jesse Prinz, Michael Tye, mind body, Ned Bloch, neurobiology, neuron, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, optical illusions, Phenomenal Qualities Project, philosophy of mind, psychology, qualia, representationalism, Shaun Gallagher, situated cognition, social cognition, sociocognition, synesthesia, the "hard" problem, Tim Crane

The Phenomenal Qualities Project

I want to bring your attention to The Phenomenal Qualities Project. With a Whose Who of theorists involved, it promises to offer a wonderful forum for ecumenical discussion: Objectives: There are four main objectives. To investigate a set of fundamental questions concerning phenomenal qualities – such as the colours, sounds and so on, of which we…

January 21, 2008optical illusions

Optical Illusions

Here are two superb optical illusions to delight in – and no they are not animated gifs. The first is courtesy of Krandolf (check out the other groovy variations). The second image is courtesy of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. (Here are some more I found).