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Do
you see a pattern of large and small squares? The apparent
neon squares seem to pulsate slightly when we concentrate
on the image...
This
illusion combines 'neon
color spreading' with 'illusory
contour' effect: not only do you perceive squares where
NONE exist, but the squares have also phantom colors!
Bibliography:
- Varin, 1971, 'Fenomeni di contrasto e diffusione cromatica
nell'organizzazione spaziale del campo percettivo', Rivista
di Psicologia, 65.
- van Tujil, 1975, 'A new visual illusion: Neonlike color
spreading and complementary color induction between subjective
contours'. Acta Psychologica, 39.
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The
Authors Gianni
A. Sarcone and Marie J. Waeber, designers and writers,
are specialists in creative learning. They create and invent
educational manipulatives and thinking games which help teach
mathematics, visual and plastic arts. Their maxim is: be
curious first!. In 2018, they won
the prestigious Royal
Society's Young People's Book Prize (click here to
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