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    From page:" Physiological illusions, such as the afterimages following bright lights or adapting stimuli of excessively longer alternating patterns (contingent perceptual aftereffect), are presumed to be the effects on the eyes or brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type -... more

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  • Rated by Iain-Davidson on Oct 10 2008, 2:54am

    From page:" Physiological illusions, such as the afterimages following bright lights or adapting stimuli of excessively longer alternating patterns (contingent perceptual aftereffect), are presumed to be the effects on the eyes or brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type - brightness, tilt, color, movement, etc. The theory is that stimuli have individual dedicated neural paths in the early stages of visual processing, and that repetitive stimulation of only one or a few channels causes a physiological imbalance that alters perception. ... " Watch the dancer, freakish !
  • Rated by maxhavelaar007 on May 18 2008, 10:14am

    Wikipedia entry about optical-illusion.
  • Rated by SleweD on Jun 27 2007, 9:07am

    i love the magic tap one!
  • Rated by chrisg67 on Mar 04 2005, 9:08am

    Optical Illusions from Wikipedia - good links to other illusions too