see also:
The internet is a fantastic resource for information about seeing, from sites created by laboratories exploring visual phenomena and the eye and brain, to sites presenting fascinating and beautiful visual experiences. Here are some of our favorites:
1.
Links to sites demonstrating visual illusions and other phenomena
2.
Links to sites providing information on the human visual system
3.
Links to sites exploring how other animals see the world
4.
Links to sites presenting images from a wide range of the visual arts
Links to sites demonstrating visual illusions and other phenomena:
http://lite.bu.edu
Project Lite (
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http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/dark_side.html
(explores the science behind the appearance of the moon)
http://gandalf.psych.umn.edu/%7Ekersten/kersten-lab/
images/ball-in-a-box.mov
(a demonstration of the effects of shadow on the perception of motion)
http://visionlab.harvard.edu/Members/Alumni/ikuya/
html/memorandum/VisualJitter.html
(an interactive site exploring our perception of jittering motion)
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ram/ArtAndVision/MachBandingApplet.htm
(an interactive site exploring Mach bands)
http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/
Linked%20Pages/Motion/BM.HTML
(shows how little information we really need to perceive human motion)
http://humanities.lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~illusion/gallery/
kitaoka/soccer/index_e.html
(what is the true shape of each of these boxes?)
http://www.psychology.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/
website/htdocs/HomePage/Projects/Brightness/Troxler%20fill-
in/Troxler%20fade%20and%20fill-in.htm
(what happens if you stare at this disk?)
http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html
(illustrates how context affects what we see)
Links to sites providing information on the human visual system:
http://www.aaofoundation.org/index.cfm
(learn about the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Museum of Vision)
http://www.visionscience.com/
(a comprehensive overview of vision science)
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/thejoy.htm
(an overview of visual perception)
http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/index.htm
(information on eye health)
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/a130.html
(good tutorial on sight, hearing, and smell)
http://buster.cs.yale.edu/implicit/measure1.html
(how do social psychologists use your reaction to what you see to measure attitudes?)
http://www.choisser.com/faceblind/
(a personal exploration of the phenomenon of "face-blindness")
http://lasereyesurgeons.net/eye-anatomy-sight-complications
(eye anatomy and eye sight complications)
http://www.psc.edu/science/Miikkulainen/Miikkul.html
(an overview of the visual system)
http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/index.html
(great comprehensive discussion of the perception of color)
http://white.stanford.edu/~brian/numbers/
node1.html#SECTION00010000000000000000
(important numbers in vision science)
Links to sites exploring how other animals see the world:
http://www.ebiomedia.com/gall/eyes/nocturnal.html
(explores animal night vision)
http://cvs.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html
(a simulation of how honeybees see the world)
http://www.mammaleye.com/
(an overview of the mammalian visual system)
http://www.sbnp.org/Wetlands/text/00-7-2-4.htm
(a look at the wide range of animal eyes)
http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/17.html
(explores animal color vision)
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/umvelt.htm
(in-depth overview of how animals see the world)
Links to sites presenting images from a wide range of the visual arts:
http://www.avam.org/index.html
(the American Visionary Art Museum)
http://www.artandoptics.com/
(David Hockney explores art and optics)
http://www.artistsineastlondon.org/home.htm
(photography from the United Kingdom)
http://www.eyestorm.com/saatchi/collection.asp
(the Saatchi Eyestorm collection)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/news_comment/artistsinprofile/wynevans.shtml
(the visual art of Wyn Evans)
http://oursler.net/tonyoursler.html
(the visual art of Tony Oursler)
http://www.rodencrater.org/seeing/index.htm
(explores James Turrell's landscape art at Roden Crater)
http://www.ultrafuzz.net/index.html
(the visual art of Barney Haynes)
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