Connectionists: Top 10 Finalists announced: The 12th Best Illusion of the Year Contest

[Susana Martinez-Conde]

The Best Illusion of the Year Contest <http://illusionoftheyear.com/> ,
hosted by the Neural Correlate Society
<http://illusionoftheyear.com/about-the-contest/about-the-ncs-2/> , is now
an annual online event, in which anybody with an internet connection (that
means YOU!) can vote to pick the Top 3 Winners from the current Top 10 List.


 

Ten novel illusions, submitted from six different countries, and selected by
an international judge panel
<http://illusionoftheyear.com/about-the-contest/judges/>  from dozens of
entries, will compete for first, second, and third placement on June
29th-30th.  The final rankings will be decided by worldwide online voting.

 

The winning illusions will receive a $3,000 award for 1st place, a $2,000
award for 2nd place, and a $1,000 award for 3rd place.

 

Worldwide voting will take place on the Best Illusion of the Year Contest
website <http://illusionoftheyear.com> , from 4pm EST June 29th to 4pm EST
June 30th. 

 

The Top 10 finalist illusions, listed below, will be publicly revealed at
that time!  

 

Jose-Manuel Alonso: “Lights and Darks in Vision.” State University of New
York, USA

Peter Brugger and Rebekka Meier: “A New Illusion At Your Elbow.” University
Hospital Zurich, Switzerland                                            

Vebjørn Ekroll, Bilge Sayim, Ruth Van der Hallen and Johan Wagemans: “The
Shrunken Finger Illusion.” University of Leuven, Belgium

Mathew T. Harrison and Gideon P. Caplovitz: “Motion Integration Unleashed:
New Tricks for an Old Dog.”  University of Nevada Reno, USA

Arthur G. Shapiro: “Remote Controls.” American University, USA

Mike Pickard and Gurpreet Singh: “The Dalesmen Singers Illusion.” Sunderland
University, UK

Kokichi Sugihara: “Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion.” Meiji University, Japan

Christine Veras: “Silhouette Zoetrope.” Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

Mark Vergeer, Stuart Anstis and Rob van Lier: “Caught Inside a Bubble.”
University of Leuven, Belgium, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
and UC San Diego, USA

Sylvia Wenmackers: “Millusion.” University of Leuven, Belgium 

 

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Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Physiology & Pharmacology

Empire Innovator Scholar

Director, Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience

State University of New York (SUNY)

Downstate Medical Center

450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn NY 11203, USA

Email:  <mailto:smart at neuralcorrelate.com> smart at neuralcorrelate.com

Phone: +1 718-270-4520

 <http://smc.neuralcorrelate.com/> http://smc.neuralcorrelate.com

 

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