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<p>The Best Illusion of the Year Contest is happy to announce <strong>the TOP
TEN illusions of 2013</strong>!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The 2013 Contest Gala will be on Monday, May 13th, in the Philharmonic
Center of Arts (Naples Fl). The TOP TEN illusions will be shown for the first
time at the Gala, and posted on the Best Illusion of the Year Contest’s website
immediately afterwards. Who will the TOP THREE winners be? That’s up to you!
The live audience will choose them from the current TOP TEN list.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>2013 TOP TEN ILLUSION CONTESTANTS</strong> (alphabetical order):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Through the Eyes of Giants</strong>, by Arash Afraz and Ken Nakayama
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Dynamic Size Contrast Illusion- or the incredibly shrinking/growing
shape!</strong>, by Gideon Caplovitz (University of Nevada Reno, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Rotation or Deformation? A Surprising Consequence of the Kinetic
Depth Effect</strong>, by Attila Frakas and Alen Hajnal (University of Southern
Mississippi, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Non-trackable Moving Dots Look faster</strong>, by Alan Ho and
Stuart Anstis (Ambrose University College, Canada, and UC San Diego, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Rotation Generated by Translation</strong>, by Jun Ono, Akiyasu Tomoeda
and Kokichi Sugihara (Meiji University and CREST, Japan)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Dancing Diamond</strong>, by Michael Pickard and Alessandro Soranzo
(University of Sunderland and Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>The Disappearing Smoke – Disappearing Pleasure!</strong>, by Sidney
Pratt, Martha Sanchez and Karla Rovira (Sin Humo, Costa Rica)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Tusi or not Tusi</strong>, by Arthur Shapiro and Alex Rose-Henig
(American University, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>The Knobby Sphere Illusion</strong>, by Peter Tse (Dartmouth
College, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Three-fold cubes: Objects whose form can be interpreted in three
different ways</strong>, by Guy Wallis and David Lloyd (University of
Queensland, Australia)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On
behalf of the Neural Correlate Society,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Susana
Martinez-Conde (Executive Producer, Best Illusion of the Year Contest)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Neural
Correlate Society Executive Committee: Jose-Manuel Alonso, Stephen Macknik,
Susana Martinez-Conde, Luis Martinez, Xoana Troncoso, Peter Tse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Director, Laboratory of Visual
Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Barrow Neurological Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>350 W. Thomas Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phoenix AZ 85013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phone: +1 602 406-3484<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fax: +1 602 406-4192<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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