Click on the below images to get larger views" Even after you learn how they work, there are many visual illusions that still fool you. If you returned and look again at the visual illusions shown and explained above, many will still fool your eyes. The mind contains compartments that perform specific tasks. For example, … Continue reading Uncorrectable illusions
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Cognitive Psychology: Perceptions and Visual Illusions via Imagination
When looking at a scene or graphic, all humans have the natural and subconscious ability to extrapolate beyond what is visible. In other words, when information is hidden or assumed to be hidden, humans make it up in their minds. This ability to mentally extrapolate beyond the known is essential to normal living. We regularly … Continue reading Cognitive Psychology: Perceptions and Visual Illusions via Imagination
A Few Notes on Artificial Intelligence
No matter how advanced it gets and what form(s) it takes, artificial intelligence will have the same types of philosophic and cognitive limits, margins of error, paradoxes, irreconcilable conflicts, catch-22s and unanswerable questions as the human mind. (Several examples are shown here: how humans use false information and made up beliefs to produce personal achievement, … Continue reading A Few Notes on Artificial Intelligence
Art and the the manipulation of the mind
Art artificially manipulates the mind. The artist uses symbols, colors, shapes, timing, angles, sounds, word play and other techniques to play on the audience's psychology, subconscious, emotions, audio and optical physiology and internal sensory processing systems. One significant point about this is that it shows that the mind can be artificially manipulated. That humans can … Continue reading Art and the the manipulation of the mind
Perception and Misperception of Movement
The general concept of visually perceiving and misperceiving movement in scenes is similar to the perception and misperception of still images (see previous post). The viewer's eyes take in a limited amount information (limited by viewpoint, optical abilities, etc) and physiologically/mentally translates the information into a perception. The human uses its complex mental template to … Continue reading Perception and Misperception of Movement
Looking at Artifacts and Ideas 