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• IllusionWorks - A multimedia museum of optical and sensory illusions, with on-line demonstrations and explanations.

  Affective Epistemology Affective epistemology is based on the idea that there is a way of knowing which transcends, specific perceptual frames. This idea is predicated on affective components as indicating the quality of a given perception, thought form, or way of being in the consciousness of human beings and other sentient life. http://neoscience.org/affectiv.htm

  The Blanking Phenomenon and its Psychoanatomical Implications J J McAnany and M W Levine of the Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago provides information on this visual illusion. [PDF] http://tigger.uic.edu/~mikel/VSS/VSS2003.pdf

  Chronological History of Vision Research Useful chronology by Jack Yellott. http://www.socsci.uci.edu/cogsci/vision/yellott_dates.html

• HuWI.org: The Purple Perils of James Gibson - A collection of notes compiled by James J. Gibson, 1904 - 1979, for his perception seminars.

  The Manifold of Sense A survey of the discourse regarding emotions, sensations, and an attempt at producing an integrative approach to sensation and perception. http://samvak.tripod.com/sense.html

  Mind Bluff A family-friendly collection of tactile illusions, mental deceptions, optical tricks, brain puzzlers, and feeling games to play on the self. http://mindbluff.com

  Mind Hacks Neuroscience and psychology tricks discussed and perhaps explained. Companion site to the "Mind Hacks" book by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb. http://www.mindhacks.com/

  The Moon Illusion Explained A relatively new theory is offered for the classic illusion that the moon's constant subtended visual angle of half a degree appears larger for the horizon moon than for the zenith moon. http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/

  Neuhoff, John - Auditory Perception Research Electronic reprints of relevant publications on pitch, loudness, localization, and auditory display. (College of Wooster, USA) http://jneuhoff.com/

  The Noh Mask Effect Demonstrates illusory facial expression perception with Japanese Noh masks. Links to publications about the effect. http://www.kasrl.org/noh_mask.html

  Optical Flow Estimation Bibliography Mainly algorithms (up-to-date; compiled by Laurenz Wiskott at The Salk Institute). http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~wiskott/

  Optical Illusions by Psych ARTS We think we perceive objective reality, but perception is always altered by invisible biases. We are never free of the state-dependent bias, and so we are continually taken in by an illusion. http://www.psycharts.com/illusions.htm

  The Poggendorff Illusion A study attributing the illusion to summed effects of cardinal axes in the observer's field of view and of salient axes in the figures. http://www.soapsheet.com

  Sensation and Perception Tutorials A small collection of tutorials and demonstrations in sensation and perception. http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/sen_tut.html

  Smarandache's Law An improvement of Weber's and Fechner's Laws on sensations and stimuli. A paradoxical complex, an optical illusion, and a test of intelligence. http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/psychology.htm

  Some Visual Illusions This site shows a range of common visual illusions along with a brief explanation of why they occur. It was originally prepared to show at a children's primary school as part of their study of sensory processing. http://wisebytes.net/illusions/

  Vision Laboratory Macquarie University Contains information about current research into human visual perception. Features material from some of the courses run by the psychology department and information about staff and students.s http://vision.psy.mq.edu.au/

  Visual Illusions: Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications Matthew Luckiesh's book of this title, published in 1922, was the first scientific explanation of optical illusions to be published. http://www.visualillusion.net/

  Visual Science Group: University of Helsinki Research at the Department of Psychology, is focused on human visual processing using psychophysical methods. http://www.helsinki.fi/science/visci/