Mind & BrainMarch 16, 2013
Neuroscience in Fiction: Exhalation , by Ted Chiang
Stories by Susana Martinez-Conde
Susana Martinez-Conde is a professor of ophthalmology, neurology, and physiology and pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is author of the Prisma Prize–winning Sleights of Mind, along with Stephen Macknik and Sandra Blakeslee, and of Champions of Illusion, along with Stephen Macknik.
The SciencesMarch 1, 2013
Artists Play With Light and Shadows to Trick the Eye
Trompe l'oeil illusions challenge your perception
Mind & BrainJanuary 1, 2013
Mirages and Mind Benders the 10 Best Illusions of the Year
January 1, 2013
Visual Errors Twist and Tickle the Mind
Illusions that distort your perception
November 1, 2012
Illusions Reign Supreme on Halloween
Spooky illusions trick and treat your brain
Mind & BrainSeptember 1, 2012
Illusory Faces Peer Out of Unlikely Places
When seeing is believing
Mind & BrainJuly 1, 2012
Size Illusions Trick the Brain
Does size matter? To your brain, it doesn't
Mind & BrainMay 1, 2012
Aviator's Dilemma: Pilots Encounter Illusions Everywhere
Military aviators learn to second-guess their senses
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2012
Urban Illusions
Street artists use the city as their canvas
Mind & BrainJanuary 1, 2012
Illusion Contest Offers Mind-Warping Visions
10 brain twisters compete to be the best illusion of 2011
Mind & BrainJanuary 1, 2012
Illusions Unmask Our "Face Sense"
The human brain is good at identifying faces, but illusions can fool our "face sense"
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2011
Minuscule Eye Motions Reveal Your True Thoughts
Tiny subconscious eye movements called microsaccades stave off blindness in all of us—and can even betray our hidden desires
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2011
Sculpting the Impossible: Solid Renditions of Visual Illusions
Artists find mind-bending ways to bring impossible figures into three-dimensional reality
Mind & BrainSeptember 1, 2011
The Eyes Have It
Eye gaze is critically important to social primates such as humans. Maybe that is why illusions involving eyes are so compelling
Mind & BrainMay 1, 2011
10 Top Illusions
Balls that roll uphill, bathtubs that stretch and shrink, freaky faces and throbbing hearts. Welcome to the year's best visual tricks
Mind & BrainMay 1, 2011
Colors Out of Space [Slide Show]
Colors can change with their surroundings and spread beyond the lines
Mind & BrainJanuary 1, 2011
The Illusions of Love
How do we fool thee? Let us count the ways that illusions play with our hearts and minds
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2010
Hungry for Meaning: Why Tofu Burgers Taste Better than You'd Expect
The brain recognizes food-based illusions on multiple levels
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2010
Mind over Magic? Conjuring Reveals How Our Neural Circuits Can Be Hacked
Magicians dazzle us by exploiting loopholes in the brain's circuitry for perceiving the world and paying attention
Mind & BrainJuly 27, 2010
Illusions: Colors Out of Space [Slide Show]
This is the 11th article in the Mind Matters series on the neuroscience behind visual illusions
Mind & BrainJuly 6, 2010
Food for Thought: Creating Edible Illusions--and Great Art [Slide Show]
This is the 10th article in the Mind Matters series on the neuroscience behind visual illusions.
The SciencesMay 1, 2010
The Illusion of Love
How do we fool thee? Let us count the ways that illusions play with our hearts and minds
The SciencesMay 1, 2010
The Eyes Have It
Eye gaze is critically important to social primates such as humans. Maybe that is why illusions involving eyes are so compelling
The SciencesMay 1, 2010
Colors Out of Space
Colors can change with their surroundings and spread beyond the lines