Vision science
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How Japanese Floating Illusions Reverse-Engineer What We See
The Arais do not merely dissect illusions, but can generate them, taking an image that looks boringly normal and making subtle changes, to color and contrast, to fool our brains. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . If you don’t know how something works, break it. Science is built on […] -
Color Is a Dance Between Your Brain and the World
When Robbert Dijkgraaf was a little boy, growing up in the Netherlands, he’d play in his home attic after school, often with a friend. It was dark inside except for the light streaming in from one window. One time, they closed the shades so only a sliver of photons could pass through. Robbert, holding a […]