Connectionists: TOP 10 illusions of 2014

[Susana Martinez-Conde]

The Best Illusion of the Year Contest is happy to announce the TOP TEN
illusions of 2014!

The 2014 Contest Gala will be on Monday, May 18th, in St. Petersburg,
Florida, at the TradeWinds Island Resorts (http://www.tradewindsresort.com;
<http://www.tradewindsresort.com/> 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
(http://illusionoftheyear.com) 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.

2014 TOP TEN ILLUSION CONTESTANTS (alphabetical order):

The Disappearing Faces Illusion, by Stuart Anstis (University of California,
San Diego)

 

Dynamic Illusory Size Contrast, by  Gideon P. Caplovitz, Christopher D.
Blair, and Ryan E.B. Mruczek (University of Nevada Reno)

 

Infinite Maze, by Sebastiaan Mathôt and Theo Danes (CNRS, Aix-Marseille
Université)

 

Pigeon-Neck Illusion, by Jun Ono, Akiyasu Tomoeda, and Kokichi Sugihara
(Meiji University, JST, CREST)

 

Pure False Pop Out, False Heterogeneity, and Hidden Singletons, by Kimberley
D. Orsten and James R. Pomerantz (Rice University, Houston, TX)

 

Integration of elemental motion signals, by Arthur G. Shapiro & Oliver Flynn
(American University)

 

Autokinetic Illusion, by Gianni A. Sarcone (Archimedes' Laboratory (TM)
Project)

Age is all in your head, by Victoria Skye

 

Rotating McThatcher: Face and Mouth Orientation Influence Audiovisual Speech
Perception, by James W. Dias & Lawrence D. Rosenblum (University of
California, Riverside)

 

Flexible colors, by Mark Vergeer, Stuart Anstis, and Rob van Lier
(University of Leuven,  UC San Diego, Radboud University Nijmegen) 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Phone: +1 602 406-3484

Fax: +1 602 406-4192

Email: smart at neuralcorrelate.com

http://smc.neuralcorrelate.com 

 

 

 

 

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