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Rotation Generated by Translation 14 May 2013 | 05:02 am
2013 First prize Jun Ono, Akiyasu Tomoeda and Kokichi Sugihara Meiji University and CREST, Japan (© 2013 Jun Ono, Akiyasu Tomoeda and Kokichi Sugihara ) This illusion concerns apparent rotation ge...
Tusi or not Tusi 14 May 2013 | 05:01 am
2013 Second prize Arthur Shapiro and Alex Rose-Henig American University, USA (© 2013 Arthur Shapiro and Alex Rose-Henig)
Through the Eyes of Giants 14 May 2013 | 05:00 am
2013 Third prize Arash Afraz and Ken Nakayama Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, USA (© 2013 Arash Afraz and Ken Nakayama) If a giant whose eyes are 200 yards apart look...
Three-fold cubes: An object whose form can be interpreted in three different ways 9 May 2013 | 05:42 am
Guy Wallis and David Lloyd University of Queensland, Australia (© 2013 Guy Wallis and David Lloyd ) Modern brain imaging techniques are allowing scientists to peer into the workings of the brain as...
The Knobby Sphere Illusion 9 May 2013 | 05:41 am
Peter Tse Dartmouth College, USA (© 2013 Jorge Otero-Millan) To experience ‘the knobby sphere illusion’ you will need one pencil and a small round hard sphere. Squeeze the pencil lengthwise very ha...
The Disappearing Smoke – Disappearing Pleasure! 9 May 2013 | 05:39 am
Sidney Pratt, Martha Sanchez and Karla Rovira Sin Humo, Costa Rica (© 2005 by Tomasz Sienick) People don’t do what they don’t like. So we ask: If smokers cannot see themselves smoking, how would th...
Dancing Diamond 9 May 2013 | 05:38 am
Michael Pickard and Alessandro Soranzo University of Sunderland and Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom See the illusion (© 2013 Michael Pickard and Alessandro Soranzo) Although the diamon...
The Coyote Illusion: Motion Blur Increases Apparent Speed 9 May 2013 | 05:36 am
Alan Ho and Stuart Anstis Ambrose University College, Canada, and UC San Diego, USA (© 2013 Alan Ho and Stuart Anstis) Cartoonists are known to use multiple illustrative techniques to depict fast m...
Dynamic Size Contrast Illusion 9 May 2013 | 05:35 am
Gideon Caplovitz and Ryan Mruczek University of Nevada Reno, USA, and Swarthmore College, USA (© 2013 Gideon Caplovitz and Ryan Mruczek ) The size of a moving object can be radically misperceived w...
Rotating by Scaling 9 May 2013 | 05:35 am
Attila Farkas and Alen Hajnal University of Southern Mississippi, USA (© 2013 Attila Farkas and Alen Hajnal) We know from experience that rigid objects can rotate and move but not stretch. A human ...
