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Visual illusions cut across academic divides and popular interests: on the one hand, illusions provide entertainment as curious tricks of the eye; on the other hand, scientific research related to illusory phenomena has given generations of scientists and artists deep insights into the brain and principles of mind and consciousness. Numerous thinkers (including Aristotle, Descartes, Da Vinci, Escher, Goethe, Galileo, Helmholtz, Maxwell, Newton, and Wittgenstein) have been lured by the apparent simplicity of illusions and the promise that illusory phenomena can elucidate the puzzling relationship between the physical world and our perceptual reality. Over the past thirty years, advances in imaging and electrophysiology has dramatically expanded the range of illusions and enabled new forms of analysis, thereby creating new and exciting ways to consider how the brain constructs our perceptual world.The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions is a collection of over one hundred chapters about illusions, displayed and discussed by the researchers who invented and conducted research on the illusions. Chapters include images, associated videos, and extensive references. The book is divided into eleven sections: first, a presentation of general history and viewpoints on illusions, followed by sections on geometric, colour, motion, space, faces, and cross-category illusions. The book will be of interest to vision scientists, neuroscientists, psychologists, physicists, philosophers, artists, designers, advertisers, and educators curious about applied aspects of visual perception and the brain.

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This volume shows not just that vision is the most advanced of any field of research in its coordination of phenomenal, mathematical and biological aspects but also that the study of illusions is a key part of that process. It is therefore a major contribution to one of the most intellectually fascinating and important areas of enquiry. - * Perception * This compendium is simply and straightforwardly the ultimate visual illusion encyclopaedia. Its amazing number of contributions span over theoretical and empirical data, and classical to recently created illusions, from ecological (slant perception) to sophisticated. It encompasses all fields related to illusion. All the international masters and specialists of visual illusions contributed to this unique collection. One of its prominent features is its honest openness and multifaceted look at illusions, providing multiple levels and multiple accounts for visual illusions, which I would consider stimulating and enriching for both specialists and students. * Yves Rossetti, MD, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center and Lyon School of Medicine * By weaving together so many different kinds of illusions, and recruiting authors with different scientific backgrounds and sympathies, The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions brings a new visual and explanatory coherence to these fascinating and vital phenomena. * Sarah Allred, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers-Camden * This book is a wonderful compendium of illusions presented by those who enjoy them and seek to understand them. * Mary A. Peterson, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Professor and Director, Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona * To sum up, the insights throughout the compendium are impressive and wide-ranging. ... All in all, a timely and highlycompetent work. * Stuart Hannabuss, Reference Reviews *

< This book is a wonderful compendium of illusions presented by those who enjoy them and seek to understand them. DLMary A. Peterson, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Professor and Director, Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona By weaving together so many different kinds of illusions, and recruiting authors with different scientific backgrounds and sympathies, The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions brings a new visual and explanatory coherence to these fascinating and vital phenomena. Sarah Allred, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers-Camden This compendium is simply and straightforwardly the ultimate visual illusion encyclopaedia. Its amazing number of contributions span over theoretical and empirical data, and classical to recently created illusions, from ecological (slant perception) to sophisticated. It encompasses all fields related to illusion. All the international masters and specialists of visual illusions contributed to this unique collection. One of its prominent features is its honest openness and multifaceted look at illusions, providing multiple levels and multiple accounts for visual illusions, which I would consider stimulating and enriching for both specialists and students. Yves Rossetti, MD, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center and Lyon School of Medicine

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Arthur Shapiro, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at American University, Washington, D.C. Dejan Todorovic, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia.

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