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    The document discusses optical illusions and how perception can be subjective and misleading. It provides examples of different types of optical illusions that trick the eye, including images where sizes or angles are not as they seem, hidden images appearing with focused staring, and words influencing color identification. Students are asked to view and describe examples, and consider how perceptions shape personal points of view.

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    OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

    The Art of Seeing

    Instructor: Patricia Sullivan


    Daily Objective

    • Students will explore


    the art of perception
    and experience its
    subjectivity by viewing
    optical illusions and
    sharing the effect that
    they have on them.
    Instructions
    • Read the information
    included in this PPT
    presentation.
    • Print out the Optical
    Illusions Worksheet &
    respond to the drill in
    your drill notebooks.
    • View each of the optical
    illusions & write your
    responses on the
    worksheet. The
    Homework should be
    answered on the back,
    and it will be turned in
    tomorrow.
    What Are Optical Illusions?

    • Warm-up: We’ve all seen them, although


    you may not have even realized what they
    are. When you hear the phrase “Optical
    Illusion,” what do you think of?
    Definition

    • Involves an apparently inexplicable


    discrepancy between the appearance of a
    visual stimulus and its physical reality

    • Visually perceived images that are


    deceptive or misleading
    The Ames Room

    • Observe this room.


    Take special note of
    the size, shape, color
    and details of the
    room.
    • Can one girl really be
    that much bigger than
    the other?
    The Ames Room
    Viewer assumes room is
    rectangular and the image
    cast onto the retina is
    consistent with this
    hypothesis

    • Naïve viewers conclude that


    one girl is larger, when in
    fact she is just closer

    • Further Reading:
    http://psylux.psych.tu-
    dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%
    20Material/www.illusionwork
    s.com/html/ames_room.html
    Optical Illusions
    • The perceptual hypotheses that we create
    become especially striking when they are
    wrong
    • Proximity, Depth Cues, Similarity, and
    Figure Ground perception affect the
    hypotheses that we make
    • Human perceptions are HIGHLY
    SUBJECTIVE
    Let’s Try a Few
    • On the chart provided for you (see
    optical_illusion_chart.rtf) describe your
    perceptions for the following illusions. Be
    sure to submit this form along with your
    responses to the homework tomorrow at
    the beginning of class.
    Illusion #1
    Which center circle is bigger?
    Illusion #2
    Which line is longer?
    Illusion #3
    Which line is longer?
    Illusion #4
    Water goblet or two faces?
    Illusion #5
    Old woman or young woman?
    Another version!
    Illusion #6
    Skull or woman in a mirror?
    Illusion #7
    Eskimo or Native American head?
    Illusion #8
    Face or musician?
    Illusion #9
    A face? A word?
    Illusion #10
    (4) Which word do you see first?
    Illusion #11
    Stare at the center for 15 sec and
    then look up – what do you see?
    Illusion #12
    Stare at the center for 15 sec and
    then look up – what do you see?
    Illusion #13
    How many black dots are there?
    Illusion #14
    Follow directions below
    Illusion #15
    Stare at the center – what color do
    the dots become?
    Illusion #16
    Mind Warp
    Illusion #17
    How does it move?
    Illusion #18
    Impossible Figures (3)

    • objects that can be represented in two-


    dimensional pictures but cannot exist in
    three-dimensional space
    Playing with Words

    Perception of letters, words and


    phrases
    Illusion #19
    Read the following out-loud – now read it again
    slowly and see if you fell for the trick
    Illusion #20
    Illusion #21
    What do you think?
    • Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh
    uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr
    the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
    tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the
    rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses
    and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
    Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
    lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
    Illusion #22
    The Stroop Effect
    Time yourself saying the word – then time yourself
    saying the color of the ink. What is the difference?
    The Stroop Effect
    • The words themselves have a strong effect over
    your ability to say the color
    • There is an interference in the information your
    brain receives - and this causes a problem
    • Speed of Processing Theory
    – Words read faster that colors are named
    • Selective Attention Theory
    – Naming colors requires more attention than reading
    the word
    • For Further Reading:
    http://www.snre.umich.edu/eplab/demos/st0/stro
    opdesc.html
    Stereograms

    Bring your eyes close to the screen.


    As you slowly move your head away
    from the screen, take your eyes out of
    focus and a picture will pop out.
    Illusion #23
    Try your best – what do you see?
    Illusion #24
    And another?
    Illusion #25
    Do you see something floating?
    Homework

    • Describe how a person’s perceptions


    affect that person’s point of view. What
    are some examples of this bias? What
    role does subjectivity have in your
    perceptions?

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