Visual Illusions Flashcards
What’s after effects
Perceiving a colour or movement that is not there
What are fictions
We see edges that are not there
How do after effects happen
When we look at a stimulus for a long time
What’s motion after effects
Movement in the opposite direction to the stimulus
What’s colour after effects
Seeing colour opposite to the stimulus
How does colour after effects happen.
Through the cones
What’s ambiguous figures
You see two different images but from one picture (you can only see one at a time!)
What are distortions
Where a stimulus is bigger or smaller than it should be
Explain the ponzo illusion
The top coloured line looks bigger than the closer one because of the lines around it
Explain the herring illusion
The lines look as tho they are bent when they are not
Explain the muller lyer illusion
The lines are the same but they look different because of the arrows
Explain the ebbinghaus illusion
The inside circles are the same size but they look different because of the circles around it
