How optical illusions trick your brain - Nathan S. Jacobs
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Optical illusions are images that seem to trick our minds into seeing something different from what they actually are. But how do they work? Nathan S. Jacobs walks us through a few common optical illusions and explains what these tricks of the eye can tell us about how our brains assemble visual information into the 3D world we see around us.
In order to see things clearly, quickly, and efficiently our brain makes many assumptions. Do you agree with these assumptions? If you were designing a robot that could see, what assumptions would you make?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Nathan S. Jacobs
- Director Biljana Labović
- Animator Lisa LaBracio
- Narrator Addison Anderson
