Perceptual Illusions

Illusions

Title: Optical Illusions
By: Sandlot Science
Description: A well organised and well made HUGE collection of optical illusions (it calls itself the largest on the net). There are no psychological explanations provided, though.

Title: Illusions
By: Dave Landrigan
Description: This collection of illusions contains most of the ones discussed in standard perception psychology textbooks. Once again, there are no psychological explanations given.

Title: Exploratorium Online Exhibits
By: The Exploratorium
Description: A collection of demos, most of which require a plugin called shockwave which you can download for free. These demonstrations vary wildly in topics (not all are related to psychology), and most are quite neat. The explanations that come with them are pretty basic, though.

Title: Illusions Gallery
By: Dr. David Landrigan, University of Massachusets Lowell
Description: A collection of popular visual illusions with explanations.

Escher

Title: World of Escher
By: World of Escher, Inc
Description: A commercial site dedicated to M. C. Escher and his work. There's an "art gallery" where you can look at some of his work and lots of stories about Escher.

Title: Zvi Har'El's M. C. Escher Collection
By: Zvi Har'El
Description: A very large collection of Escher's work.

 



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