[Comp-neuro] TOP 10 FINALIST ILLUSIONS!

The Best Illusion of the Year Contest is happy to announce that the TOP TEN illusions have been chosen!!

 

The Contest Gala will be on Monday, May 14th, 5pm, in the Philharmonic Center of Arts (Naples Fl). The 2012 Contest Gala will be hosted by Margaret Livingstone and Stuart Anstis! Everybody is invited!!!

 

Who will the TOP THREE winners be??? That’s up to YOU! The audience will choose them from the current TOP TEN list.

 

For more details, please visit our webpage: http://illusionoftheyear.com     

 

2012 TOP TEN ILLUSION CONTESTANTS (alphabetical order): To see the illusions themselves… you must come to the CONTEST!!!

Title TBA: Stuart Anstis, UC San Diego, USA

"Head-Size Illusion": Kazunori Morikawa and Eri Ishii, Osaka University, Japan

"Floating Star": Kaia Nao

"The Disappearing Hand Trick": Roger Newport, Helen Gilpin and Catherine Preston, University of Nottingham, UK

"Exorcist Illusion – Twisting Necks": Thomas Papathomas, Tom Grace Sr., Marcel de Heer and Robert Bunkin, Rutgers University, USA

"Color Wagon Wheel": Arthur Shapiro and William Kistler, American University, USA

"When Pretty Girls Turn Ugly: The Flashed Face Distortion Effect": Jason Tangen, Sean Murphy and Matthew Thompson, The University of Queensland, Australia

"Peripheral Action Phantom Illusion": Steven Thurman and Hongjing Lu, UCLA, USA

"Attentional modulation of perceived color": Peter Tse, Dartmouth College, USA

"Illusion of Height Contradiction": Sachiko Tsuruno, Kinki University, Japan

 

On behalf of the Neural Correlate Society,

 

Susana Martinez-Conde (Executive Producer, Best Illusion of the Year Contest)

 

Neural Correlate Society Executive Committee: Jose-Manuel Alonso, Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Luis Martinez, Xoana Troncoso, Peter Tse

 

The Neural Correlate Society is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization, whose mission is to promote the public awareness of neuroscience research.

 

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Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD

Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience

Barrow Neurological Institute

350 W. Thomas Rd.

Phoenix AZ 85013

USA

 

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