Amir Tal
@amirtal.bsky.social
Assistant professor of Psychology and Cognition at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Learning, memory, consciousness and humor
Learning, memory, consciousness and humor
We formed the illusion using Pac-Man shaped items, and hypothesized that priming the idea of Pac-Man can bias people towards seeing a bunch of separate Pac-Men chatting instead of the single illusory contour in between them.
May 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We formed the illusion using Pac-Man shaped items, and hypothesized that priming the idea of Pac-Man can bias people towards seeing a bunch of separate Pac-Men chatting instead of the single illusory contour in between them.
So we took the Kanizsa illusion and tried to affect it using prior knowledge.
In the Kanizsa illusion, a shape emerges from imaginatively filling in gaps between separate items.
In the Kanizsa illusion, a shape emerges from imaginatively filling in gaps between separate items.
May 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So we took the Kanizsa illusion and tried to affect it using prior knowledge.
In the Kanizsa illusion, a shape emerges from imaginatively filling in gaps between separate items.
In the Kanizsa illusion, a shape emerges from imaginatively filling in gaps between separate items.
In this debate, visual illusions have a special role.
They present a “wrong” perception, but knowing it’s wrong doesn’t make the illusion go away – suggesting that perception may be sealed off from cognition.
They present a “wrong” perception, but knowing it’s wrong doesn’t make the illusion go away – suggesting that perception may be sealed off from cognition.
May 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In this debate, visual illusions have a special role.
They present a “wrong” perception, but knowing it’s wrong doesn’t make the illusion go away – suggesting that perception may be sealed off from cognition.
They present a “wrong” perception, but knowing it’s wrong doesn’t make the illusion go away – suggesting that perception may be sealed off from cognition.