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Time Effects In Perception
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Time Effects in Perception
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Benham's Disk
The colors you see here are all in your head.
Bird in a Cage
When your eyes adapt to color, you can see things that aren’t really there.
Flourish (Bloom)
Edmark’s 3-D printed sculptures, called blooms, animate when spun under a strobe light.
Lumen-Illusion
Flashing lights create the illusion of motion.
Time to Think
As a task becomes more complex, it requires more mental effort—and that takes time.