Illusion of the week: Satan in the Smoke
Twelve years ago today, Photojournalist Mark D. Phillips captured the World Trade Center, engulfed in smoke and flames, seconds after the second plane attack.
Illusion Chasers
Illusions, Delusions, and Everyday Deceptions
Behavior & Society
Fat Tuesday: Believe in Will Power, and You Shall Have It
Some people believe that will power is a bodily function that requires glucose to power it. Carol Dweck's new paper shows that its not so.
Illusion of the Week: Black Art in Dance
Check out this Black Art dance video by Fighting Gravity, from their America’s Got Talent!
Fat Tuesday: Feed the Addict
When the substantia nigra is super charged by food restriction, or drugs, or both, you become super motivated to seek out more food, or more drugs… whatever floats the substantia nigra’s boat...
The Anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s Death: An Illusion Tribute
Two hours before the historic lunar landing, Neil Armstrong mentally composed the first words to be said on the Moon: “It’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”.
Feeling Persecuted? You May Be Delusional.
Lack of clarity about how the world works is implicated in delusions, along with overly strong—stubborn—beliefs that sculpt perceptual data into conformity.
Why “Optogenetic” Methods for Manipulating Brains Don’t Light Me Up
Foundation ANAR, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of children at risk, has come up with a clever illusion as part of a campaign against child abuse.
The Color of Pain
Want to know an effective way to reduce pain from burns? Cover the affected red area, so you are unable to look at it. Ideally, use a blue bandage.
Illusion of the Week: Tangible Checkershadow
Here's a "dramatization" of the original Checkershadow Illusion by MIT vision scientist Ted Adelson.
Fat Tuesday: Does Jet-Lag Make You Chronobese?
Chronic jetlag, habitual night shifts, and rotating shift work, can have deleterious consequences on circadian organization and metabolic health, says a new report in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science...
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