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since December 9, 2006
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"Sakushi-raigo-zu"*
*Sakushi = visual illusion, raigo-zu = the image that buddha(s) or god(s) come to pick up one who is going to die (Indian-like images are preferred in Japan because it used to be imagined that the heaven or paradise was located in the far west seen from Japan, i.e. India)
Disks appear to rotate.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2007 (January 11)
"Carpet of blue and green hearts"
There appear to be blue and green hearts, though they are identical in color.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2007 (January 10)
cf. Dungeon illusion: Bressan, P. (2001) Explaining lightness illusions. Perception, 30, 1031-1046.
"Miyabina kame"*
*Miyabina = dynastic-feeling, kame = turtles
There appear to be red turtles, green ones and gray ones, but actually they are of two colors.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2007 (January 6)
cf. Snake illusion: Adelson, E. H. (2000) Lightness perception and lightness illusions. In M. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The New Cognitive Neurosciences, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (pp. 339-351).
"Dogs"
There appear to be orange dogs, magenta ones, yellowish-green one and cyan ones, but actually they are of two colors (red and green). This effect depends on the chromatic version of the dungeon illusion. Another version Another version 2
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2007 (January 5)
What is the dungeon illusion (Bressan, 2001)?
The left diamond in the dungeon appears to be lighter than the right one,
though they are actually identical in luminance.
Bressan, P. (2001) Explaining lightness illusions. Perception, 30, 1031-1046.
What is the chromatic dungeon illusion?
The left diamond appears to be orange while the right one magenta (light
purple-red), though they are identical in color.
Citation: under examination
"2007i #2"*
* i = wild boar
Wild boars appear to rotate.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (November 27)
"Black clouds"
Black clouds appear to move.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (December 28)
"Kamaboko face"*
*Kamaboko = kind of food made from fish
Although all kamabokos are of the same size, the three inner ones appear to be larger than the uppermost two or the lowermost one (kind of the Jastrow illusion).
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (December 27)
"Fluttering hearts"
Hearts appear to flutter. For those those who wear glasses, try to move them; then the hearts appear to move. For the majority, the hearts appear to be in front of the surface of white random dots when they are bright, while they appear to be behind it when they are dark.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (December 20)
References
Kitaoka, A. and Ashida, H. (2007) A variant of the anomalous motion illusion based upon contrast and visual latency. Perception, 36, 1019-1035. new! PDF request to me
Kitaoka, A, Kuriki, I. and Ashida, H. (2006) The center-of-gravity model of chromostereopsis. Ritsumeikan Journal of Human Sciences, 11, 59-64. PDF
"Tunnels"
The entrances of tunnels appear to rotate.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (December 13)
"Visually induced blue dots"
A saturated blue dot is observed in the window that the observer is gazing at.
Copyright Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2006 (December 8)
This effect depends on the trait of your monitor.
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