Monday, 29 November 2010

Neuroskeptic: The Hollow Mask Illusion: Beyond Charlie Chaplin

<http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2009/04/hollow-mask-illusion-beyond-charlie.html>

Some good coverage of a research paper that shows the schizophrenic
brains aren't fooled by the hollow mask illusion. This famous trick uses
a concave mask but the eyes interpret as a convex shape if the person
has a non-schizophrenic brain. Schizophrenic brains aren't fooled. They
see things as they are.

There's a conclusion to be made here perhaps but I'll let the reader
make their own conclusion after reading the article.

What fascinated me was that I was gutted that I had a 'normal' brain and
was fooled by the illusion.

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