If you guys like these then you may find these interesting:<a class="user" href="http://www.astraldynamics.com/tutorials/?BoardID=9">http://www.astraldynamics.com/tutorials/?BoardID=9</a>They're articles on training the eye to see auras, and more than just opposite colors or after images. I never really got too far, but it's interesting what you can see when you're sitting around, bored -- especially when watching a relatively non-moving person, such as class or a speaker. The guides do not claim to allow you to see "cancer" or something in a person, more subtle energies are more than meets the eye.They key idea, is to notice the difference in what you see between a living and non-living object, such as the aura surrounding a green plant and the aura surrounding a green shirt.
Diggers: thank you so much for your interest in our contest. YOU are the reason that we hold it every year. As a neuroscientist I can tell you that your comments and curiosity about the illusions are right on the mark! I hope you can come to next year's contest in Naples Florida on May 10, 2008.Steve Macknik -- On behalf of the Neural Correlate Society and the illusion creators.
Closed AccountMay 22, 2007
could not understand this one
gabooMay 22, 2007
Here's the mirror for those getting errors (like me):<a class="user" href="http://duggmirror.com/offbeat_news/The_Best_Optical_Illusions_of_the_Year_2007/">http://duggmirror.com/offbeat_news/The_Best_Optical_Illusions_of_the_Year_2007/</a>
iwantawiiMay 22, 2007
If you guys like these then you may find these interesting:<a class="user" href="http://www.astraldynamics.com/tutorials/?BoardID=9">http://www.astraldynamics.com/tutorials/?BoardID=9</a>They're articles on training the eye to see auras, and more than just opposite colors or after images. I never really got too far, but it's interesting what you can see when you're sitting around, bored -- especially when watching a relatively non-moving person, such as class or a speaker. The guides do not claim to allow you to see "cancer" or something in a person, more subtle energies are more than meets the eye.They key idea, is to notice the difference in what you see between a living and non-living object, such as the aura surrounding a green plant and the aura surrounding a green shirt.
kewlitoMay 22, 2007
For the non-believers:<a class="user" href="http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6473/untitled1js4.gif">http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6473/untitled1js4.gif</a>
jstevohMay 22, 2007
Here's a Marilyn Monroe Illusion:<a class="user" href="http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/05/marilyn_monroe_visual_illusion_2.php">http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/05/marilyn_monroe_visual_illusion_2.php</a>as well as another illusion that was a top finisher in the contest:<a class="user" href="http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/05/bouncing_brains_and_blue_banan.php">http://scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/05/bouncing_brains_and_blue_banan.php</a>
dspainMay 23, 2007
Check out the ones in the "Color" column, and especially check out the yellow Rubik's cube-ish thing.<a class="user" href="http://www.purveslab.net/seeforyourself/?1">http://www.purveslab.net/seeforyourself/?1</a>
macknikMay 23, 2007
Diggers: thank you so much for your interest in our contest. YOU are the reason that we hold it every year. As a neuroscientist I can tell you that your comments and curiosity about the illusions are right on the mark! I hope you can come to next year's contest in Naples Florida on May 10, 2008.Steve Macknik -- On behalf of the Neural Correlate Society and the illusion creators.
onionyJul 20, 2007
They're digging him down because he did explain it.