Helpful+Links+for+PERCEPTION

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== HELPFUL LINKS FOR PERCEPTION

Optical Illusions Bach, Michael. "Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena." 84 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena. 14 October 2009. Web. 4 Nov 2009. < [] >.


 * This page has dozens of optical illusions similar to the ones we saw in class. Not only can you take a "tour" of all the illusions, there are even links to many, many more. (Wall)
 * After looking at a few of these optical illusions during class, I took a look at a few more at home, and I have to say... I'm still pretty amazed at some of these illusions! In scares me in a way because now i start to think and wonder if all the things that we see in life are really what we think they are.. or just optical illusions "tricking" us. (Sean Williams)
 * Some of the illusions on this page really make you think twice... the fact that your brain can so easily be tricked by simple imagery moving on a screen, makes you wonder how your brain can really percieve the difficult and confusing tapestry of real life, and leads to the question of if what we see is really real, or just pure figments of imagination? 
 * I've been always amazed with optical illusions. Even if I know that the effect of these illusions are caused by our brains getting tricked, everything that i see from the illusions seem so real that I almost believe it. These optical illusions make me wonder if everything I see is really "real" or just another illusion I'm seeing.(Jangho)
 * This one just proved that our vision doesn't tell us the 'real' world. It only tells us how or what we want to see. I realized that it will take a great effort for humans to actually only see the reality itself.(Chae Young)

[|PsychLabOnLine] John C. Hay, Emeritus. //PsychLabOnLine.// University of Wisconsin, 14 Jan 2007. Web. 26 Sep 2010. 
 * This website has some interesting pages for space perception and it involves some thinking. I was searching for perception activities on the web (google) and found this website and this link is helpful because it is evident that perception "tricks" you. (Narihiro Tanaka)
 * I tried viewing this on a Mac and there were issues with the Flash/Shockwave plugin. Hopefully, others can see this just fine, or use a school computer. Hmm, could this be an issue of perception since I can't "view" the page? Very meta of you, Nari! (Wall)

Physical Mirage Gibbs, Phillip. "Why is the Sky Blue?" //Physics FAQ//. N.p., May 1997. Web. 26 Sep 2010. .


 * This page explains how perception shapes what you see, whether it is true or not; you can learn why the sky is actually the colour it is, and how colors are formed in the atmosphere, regarding sunsets for example. I found this whilst searching for "physical mirages" on my search engine. An issue with this link is it may be slightly outdated, although I do not think it invalidates the information (Quentin Perrot)
 * I don't think the sky being blue is an outdated issue, although today in Tokyo it's pretty gray. This link also blends into the "Science" Area of Knowledge, so consider the link between science and perception. (P.S. please use the "external link" tab when inserting a link.) (Wall)

[|Westerners and Easterners see the world differently] Merali, Zeeya. "Westerners and Easterners see the world differently." //NewScientist// 22 August 2005: 1. Web. 26 Sep 2010. <[]>.
 * I found this article pretty interesting, as it talked about how race can alter our perception or our way of percieving things in life. Different people concentrate on different things while looking at a picture, and the quote, "... Americans see things in black and white, while East Asians see more shades of grey" very well summarized the main point of this article in my opinion. I thought this article was interesting to me because of my race (as I am half British and half Japanese), and I think that this article will be of interest to many of my fellow TOK classmates, as there are many people with different race backgrounds. (Sean Williams)
 * Good link! I also like the connection between culture/language (which is another Way of Knowing that you will get to next year.) (Wall)

[|Colour communication - what affects the way we see colours]Mitchell, Robert. "Colour communication - what affects the way we see colours." //Colour communication - what affects the way we see colours// 16 Mar. 2010: 1. Web. 27 Sep 2010. .
 * This link depicts how three factors (Surrounding, Age, and Light) can alter a person's perception on colour. I found this quite intriguing because we can relate this to how we perceive things other than colour. Our environment, or our paradigm, as we've discussed in class, can influence the way we perceive things. Whilst searching "perception - what affects the way people look at the world" in a search engine, I came across numerous sites that looked interesting, but I chose this one because we can relate this idea to how we perceive not only colours, but everyday ideas, or things. My only concern for this article would be that it is rather short, but the content is relatively simple and easy to follow. (Harry O'Sullivan)
 * Among three factors, I was especially impressed with how surrounding can make a color appear different. Colors are used everyday, so I thought it's important for us to clearly discern the influences and not deceived by those three factors. I also realize that we have to be careful perceiving the true feature not be taken by illusions. (Soo Hyung Jung)
 * It's really interesting how easily deceived we can be; as we were saying in class, when we're not used to something, and we don't expect it, things intrigue us. Perhaps, this link on how color can, as Harry says, "alter a person's perception on colour" shows us how simple the brain's mechanisms are (based on experience alone), and at the same time, how intricate they are. A simple thing such as colour, something we take as granted, can sometimes be not what we believe it is (Quentin).
 * After reading this, I was amazed by how can colors affect our perceptions. We see color everyday in our lives and who knows if we are actually looking at the truth or being tricked by colors? It is possible that we are being tricked everyday by colors and nobody is realizing it. (Chae Young)

"Illusions and Paradoxes: Seeing is Believing?." //Perception Puzzles, Visual Perception, Optical Perception, and Paradox//. Web. 27 Sep 2010. [].
 * Well, this link is another link that have numerous illusions. This link shows and let us experience optical illusions and visual illusions. According to this site, our perception consists of five major factors. Those five are 1) incongruent design elements at opposite ends of parallel lines, 2) influence of background patterns on the overall design, 3) adjustment of our perception at the boundaries of areas of high contrast, 4) afterimages resulting from eye movements or from kinetic displays, or 5) inability to interpret the spatial structure of an object from the context provided by the picture. As the video that we watched in the class clearly illustrates, perception is a amalgamation of what we want or expect to see and the reality. Because our imagination always comes into play whenever we are looking at something, our perception can never be perfect and this link clearly shows how stronlgy our imagination affects our perception. I think my TOK classmates will be enjoy and experience another great distortion in our perception. It is very fascinating to see how our brain interpret what we see in such numerous ways. (Chae Young Moon)
 * Most of these illusions are famous but it is still amazing how these illusions work and how it "tricks" you into believing something else. As it says on the website, our perception cannot always be trusted. Imagination!!! It is impressive that this website explains the concept of perception. But, since the factors are a bit confusing, it would be better if you explain it in simple words. (Narihiro Tanaka)

[|Perception of Emotion]. "Perception of Emotion is Culture Specific." Association for Psychological Science. Association for Psychological Science, 15 Sept. 2010. Web. 29 Sep 2010. . You won't study emotion until the senior year TOK, but already we can anticipate how we can blend some of these Ways of Knowing. It uses both what we see and how we hear, and it concludes that when there is a discrepancy, there can be a problem. (Wall) [|How colorblind people see the world]Waggoner, Terrace. "How a color deficient person sees the world." (1998): 1. Web. 30 Sep 2010. <http://colorvisiontesting.com/what%20colorblind%20people%20see.htm>.
 * This link gives you a good idea about how some people that have disabilities, such as people with colorblindess, percieve the world and its colours. This can relate back to the video that we saw, about the different ways we see the world. Scroll down to the bottom for example images. <Gerard>

"Figures which Disturb, Visual Distortions." //The Three G's a brief introduction to theories of visual perception//. Web. 30 Sep 2010. []


 * This link briefly introduces basic theories of visual perceptions by providing some famous examples of a visual illusion. This link analyzes how memory storage are affected by perceving visual illusions and how series of factors influence connection between eyes and brain. This site explaines how we perceive hallucinations then how illusions work on our brains. I think TOK classmates will easily understand the process of how we perceive hallucinations and how they appear differently on our eyes.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Test Your Awareness:Do the Test." Youtube. Web. 30 Sep 2010. <[]> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This visual test is similar to the optical illusions. It tends to trick us and make us think that something existing is non-existent. When you watch this video for the first time, you will concentrate on the given question and will probably get the right answer. However, unless you watch the part where the basketball players start passing more than once, you will probably answer "no" to the second given question, which is the wrong answer. This video shows us that we can't perceive everything that's in front of us. We always miss out somethings, even if they are right in front our eyes. This brings us to the question, "Is everything we see, everything we perceive?"(Jangho) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqYgU6CjGds
 * this video tells us how our brian works, and teach us how much we should use perception to understand the world.

Perception means the way you notice things, especially with sense. And like the babies in the video, they were new born and they have no experience about anything. So, they all get confused and dont know what is happening infront of them. But as long the time pass and you grow, you develop your understanding from experience, which gradually become perception.