Key to all optical illusions discovered

" Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.And the...

Solid Release Date for Overclocked: A History of Violence Announced by Lighth...

"Leading Publisher Lighthouse Interactive and dtp Entertainment AG, today announced a solid release date for their highly anticipated psychological thriller Adventure game, Overclocked: A History of Violence. This PC DVD-ROM game will begin hitting stores shelves across the...

Believing is Seeing: Optical Illusions and Social Stereotypes

Interesting research shows just how our news is tainted by the biases of the journalist reporting it. Funny, how many times we see the same information used to prove or disprove the same arguments. It's not always the proof, but who's presenting it,  that tells the truth...

Lightness Perception and Lightness Illusions

A gray surface in sunlight may have much higher luminance than it has in the shade, but it still looks gray. To achieve the task of "lightness constancy," the visual system must discount the illumination and...

Stop the US war drive against Iran!

"By the Editorial Board 14 February 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The World Socialist Web Site condemns the military and political provocations with which the Bush administration is laying the foundations for an attack on Iran. We...

Grerat optical illusion book!

"The human being is a sponge who absorbs the changes of the physical world surrounding him. Actually, if the physical world had been unchanging, we wouldn’t need to receive sensations on the world that surrounds us since all would be static and everything would definitely...

'True Abondance is being yourself' suggests Kim George

You know about 'the cup half empty' or 'the cup half full' or wanting to know the outcome of a decision before rolling the dice...Kim suggests we let go...

It takes about a half a day to get there...

"Spanish Castle Magic. Stare at the dot in the center of the image for 30 seconds, then mouseover the picture. Don't shift your glance, because until you do the picture will appear to be in color, despite the fact that it's in black & white."

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