The Science of Perception (June 2010)
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Cover; The Science of Perception; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

From the Editor; The Science of Perception; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

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Table of Contents; The Science of Perception; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

The Neuroscience of Illusion; The Science of Perception; by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik; 4 Page(s)

How tricking the eye reveals the inner workings of the brain

A Perspective on 3-D Visual Illusions; The Science of Perception; by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde; 4 Page(s)

What the leaning tower and related illusions reveal about how your brain constructs 3-D images

The Neuroscience of Yorick's Ghost and Other Afterimages; The Science of Perception; by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde; 4 Page(s)

Staring at images can temporarily reset retinal cells and cause ghostly visions

Colors Out of Space; The Science of Perception; by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde; 10 Page(s)

Colors can change with their surroundings and spread beyond the lines

What's in a Face?; The Science of Perception; by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik; 10 Page(s)

The human brain is good at identifying faces, but illusions can fool our "face sense"

The Eyes Have It; The Science of Perception; by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik; 6 Page(s)

Eye gaze is critically important to social primates such as humans. Maybe that is why illusions involving eyes are so compelling

The Illusions of Love; The Science of Perception; by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde; 6 Page(s)

How do we fool thee? Let us count the ways that illusions play with our hearts and minds

Art as Visual Research: Kinetic Illusions in Op Art; The Science of Perception; by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik; 8 Page(s)

Art and neuroscience combine to create fascinating examples of illusory motion

Sculpting the Impossible: Solid Renditions of Visual Illusions; The Science of Perception; by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde; 8 Page(s)

Artists find mind-bending ways to bring impossible figures into three-dimensional reality

Food for Thought: Visual Illusions Good Enough to Eat; The Science of Perception; by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik; 8 Page(s)

Face or food? The brain recognizes edible artwork on multiple levels