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Illusions

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S02E03 - "Perspective Games"

Diffusé le Sep 28, 2017, 12:00 PM

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Description

Illusions introduces the world of the visual scientist Prof. Arthur Shapiro. Find out how your mind misinterprets information due to visual bias.

Détails

Statut
Terminée
Langue
English
Durée
10 min
Première diffusion
November 17, 2015
Terminée
September 28, 2017
Programmation
Thursday à 0:00

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Épisodes (2 Saisons · 8 Épisodes)

Ambiguous Images

Professor Shapiro shows us how some images can prompt two, or even three, equally valid interpretations. Rather than settling on one interpretation, our brains tend to switch among all of them – leading to some baffling and astonishing visual experiences.

Sep 28, 2017

10 min

Impossible Objects

Professor Shapiro shows us a range of objects that seem simple and unremarkable at first glance, but which on closer examination simply cannot be constructed in reality – or are not at all what they seem.

Sep 28, 2017

10 min

Perspective Games

Professor Shapiro reaches back into history to show that artists, architects and mathematicians have also employed visual "tricks" to baffle and entertain us by manipulating perspective and challenging our ideas of what is real and what is fake.

Sep 28, 2017

10 min

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