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How the Color Red Influences Our Behavior
The facts and fictions of crimson perception -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Scientists Unveil the Secrets of Visual Attention
Concentration affects how we detect and perceive objects and scenes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Filling in the _________
Your brain fills in all kinds of visual gaps -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Famous Paintings Can Reveal Visual Disorders
Neural pathologies have shaped great art throughout history -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How the Brain Can Be Fooled into Perceiving Movement
These illusions explore how magicians, photographers and performance artists lead us to see motion where none exists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How "The Dress" Became an Illusion Unlike Any Other
Dozens of labs are investigating the internet phenomenon and developing new explanations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Why Salvador Dali Loved Duplicity and Illusion
Haunted by a deceased brother, whom he saw as a twin, the Spanish artist filled his work with double meanings -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How Ghostbusting Became a Victorian Pastime
Nineteenth-century entertainment was a peculiar mix of technological innovation and supernatural thinking -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Aging Brings Big Changes in Visual Perception
Older people can struggle to see certain illusions, offering clues about the aging brain -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Meet the Animal Masters of Illusion
Humans are not the only species to use visual trickery to their advantage -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How Magicians Trick Your Brain
They hijack its limited ability to deal with perceptual ambiguity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Discover the Science of School Yard Illusions
Childhood tricks can reveal a surprising amount about early cognition and the nervous system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Case of the Oversized Planet
Illusions noticed by Galileo can help explain how we see light and dark -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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When Free Choice Is an Illusion
Magicians and cognitive scientists know how to manipulate what we pick—or thought we picked -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Deploying Deception on the Battlefield
To avoid or at least control conflict, militaries often play tricks on their opponents’ perceptions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Making Impossible Objects with Mirrors
Most of us don’t really understand how mirrors work, which makes for some fun reflective deception -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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