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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Best Illusion of the Year Contest is happy to announce <b>the TOP TEN illusions of 201<span style='color:#1F497D'>4</span></b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The 201<span style='color:#1F497D'>4</span> Contest Gala will be on Monday, May 18th, in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the TradeWinds Island Resorts (<a href="http://www.tradewindsresort.com/">http://www.tradewindsresort.com; </a>headquarters of the Vision Sciences Society conference). 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 <span style='color:#1F497D'>(<a href="http://illusionoftheyear.com">http://illusionoftheyear.com</a>) </span>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>2014 TOP TEN ILLUSION CONTESTANTS</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> (alphabetical order):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Disappearing Faces Illusion</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>, by Stuart Anstis (</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black;background:white'>University of California, San Diego)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Dynamic Illusory Size Contrast</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>, by Gideon P. Caplovitz, Christopher D. Blair, and Ryan E.B. Mruczek (<span style='color:#222222;background:white'>University of Nevada Reno)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Infinite Maze</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>, by <span style='color:black'>Sebastiaan Mathôt and Theo Danes (CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Pigeon-Neck Illusion</span></b><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>, by Jun Ono, Akiyasu Tomoeda, and Kokichi Sugihara (</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Meiji University, JST, CREST)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Pure False Pop Out, False Heterogeneity, and Hidden Singletons</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>, by Kimberley D. Orsten and James R. Pomerantz (Rice University, Houston, TX)</span><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Integration of elemental motion signals</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>, by<b> </b>Arthur G. Shapiro & Oliver Flynn (American University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#181412;mso-fareast-language:JA'>Autokinetic Illusion</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#181412;mso-fareast-language:JA'>, by Gianni A. Sarcone (Archimedes' Laboratory (TM) Project)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Age is all in your head</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>, by Victoria Skye<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Rotating McThatcher: Face and Mouth Orientation Influence Audiovisual Speech Perception</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>, by<b> </b>James W. Dias & Lawrence D. Rosenblum (University of California, Riverside)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Flexible colors</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>, by<b> </b>Mark Vergeer, Stuart Anstis, and Rob van Lier (University of Leuven, <span style='color:#545454;background:white'> </span>UC San Diego, Radboud University Nijmegen) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><u><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:smart@neuralcorrelate.com">smart@neuralcorrelate.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://smc.neuralcorrelate.com">http://smc.neuralcorrelate.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>