Thursday, May 14, 2009

2009 Visual Illusion of the Year

Wondering what to do with all of the time you have on your hands now that the AP Psychology exam is over? Why not while away the hours staring at mind-bending optical illusions? The best part? You can still call this "studying psychology." In fact, there are folks that spend their entire careers doing just that. Happily for the rest of us, they've sponsored an annual "Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest."

The Neural Correlate Society, which sponsors the contest, calls this yearly event "a celebration of the ingenuity and creativity of the world’s premier visual illusion research community." The 2009 Winner, "The Break of the Curveball" is worth checking out, as are all the finalists from this and previous years, which are also available on the website.

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