MindLab

Mind Lab - Each session takes around 5-10 minutes

4 sessions


 * [[image:Screen shot 2013-11-18 at 6.51.24 AM.png]]Session 1**: Blind spots, foveal vision - notice when looking at the plus below, it is harder to read the letters in our peripheral vision. CONES CLUSTERED IN THE CENTER



http://www.rit.edu/cla/gssp400/muller/muller.html , our brain believes objects should be getting smaller, therefore the second cat (although the same size) appears larger.
 * [[image:Screen shot 2013-11-18 at 6.51.28 AM.png]]Session 2**: Illusions related to monocular cues like LINEAR PERSPECTIVE - as the lines narrow or converge in the

NOW ERASE CORRIDOR LINES




 * [[image:Screen shot 2013-11-18 at 6.51.33 AM.png]]Session 3**: Constancy - color, size





In the picture above, the circle to left appears larger when it is inside the larger circle, but it is the same size. Another example how the brain INTERPRETS size or color by comparing it to background.


 * [[image:Screen shot 2013-11-18 at 6.51.38 AM.png]]Session 4**: Illusions related to "closure" - how our brain fills-in the gaps. Notice that when the colored spots complete the square - we see a transparent red square throughout.