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Cheshire Cat

Make your partner's face disappear, leaving only a smile.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Exhibit Developers:   Robert Larue (Bob) Miller and Sally Duensing, 1978
Subjects:
Phenomena: Binocular Fusion, Cues: Dominant, Depth Perception, Fatigue, Feedback, Information and Noise, Motion Detection, Selective Awareness, Motion: Visual Motion Detection, Time Effects in Perception
Keywords: illusions, mirrors
Collections: Seeing the Light

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Cheshire Cat

Make a friend disappear, leaving only a smile behind.

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