~Illusions blog~

I looked at the following illusions:

Hidden Bird

Hidden Figures – Dalmatian Dog

Adelson’s “Checker-shadow illusion”

Pyramid Illusion

Simultaneous Contrast (dynamic)

Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet Illusion

Café Wall Illusion

Fraser’s Spiral

I learned that your eyes can play tricks when looking at these illusions; our perception is misunderstood. For example, one illusion I looked at was lines of black and white squares which appeared to be slanted when really all the lines were parallel. I was really surprised by some of the illusions like Fraser’s Spiral. The picture appeared to me as if it were a spiral, but actually it was just circles. All these illusions illustrated to me that we actually see things that are not there in real life. Our perception of some objects are wrong at times too. I think that these experiences may affect me on a day to day basis by making me realize that what I’m looking at may be an illusion in some sort. However, I don’t think I see very many illusions on a day to day basis. Overall, I thought this illusion assignment was pretty cool.