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Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena

Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena

11 optiska illusioner som gör dig mer mindfuckad än klänningen Dagens mindfuck – på riktigt. Den här klänningen har skapat kaos under senaste tiden. Anledningen: Folk kan inte komma överens om huruvida den är blå och svart, eller guld och vit. (PS: den är i verkligheten blå och svart) Nedan följer 11 bilder som gjort oss mer mindfuckade. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Are you a Super Taster? Some people think broccoli tastes unbearably bitter, and ice cream tastes sickeningly sweet, and lemonade tastes painfully sour. These people are supertasters. Supertasters have more taste buds than most people. Taste buds detect the sweet, bitter, sour, and salty tastes in food. They're found in the little bumps on our tongues that are called fungiform papillae. Are you a supertaster? What you need: cotton swab blue food coloring plastic reinforcement ring (used in three hole binders) mirror What to do: Dab blue food coloring on the tip of your tongue with the cotton swab.

optiska illusioner - regnbågen How do we get rainbows? Rainbows are spectacular rays of color. Sunlight looks white, but it's really made up of different colors...red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The sun makes rainbows when white sunlight passes through rain drops. Where do you look for a rainbow? Can rainbows make a full-circle? Are there double rainbows? What is an upside-down rainbow? Why can't you ever find the end of a rainbow? Can a rainbow appear during the night? What are the Northern Lights? What causes the auroras? What are crepuscular rays? What is a halo? What are sun dogs? What are sun pillars? What is a blue moon? What are blue jets? What is a mirage? What are sprites? What are elves? Optical Illusion Activities Lesson Plan: Here is a great lesson plan on rainbows.

Scary Optical Illusions - Creepy Things Hidden in Pictures Scary Optical Illusions are images where creepy things like skulls are hidden. 2 different things can be found in the same picture. You should see another image if you look at each illusion from distance and another one when you look just normally. Happy Halloween :-) Skull Illusion Can you see the hidden skull on this famous Halloween picture by Istvan Orosz? Lady and Skull Frightened? Creepy Art There is not only one, but many skulls (by Octavio Ocampo). Devilish Women Another scary hidden picture - can you see the women (by George A. Scary Animal Head Can you find all animals hidden in this face? Cat and Mouse Cat has got the mouse right in front of her nose. Dr. Step away from your computer screen. Albert Einstein and Marylin Monroe You probably see Albert Einstein on this picture.

Staff Picks: Optical Illusions Staff Picks: Optical Illusions Staff Picks: Optical Illusions Depth Spinner Does it feel like the walls are closing in? Changing Illusions Tease your brain with five interactive illusions. Fading Dot If you stare at this dot, for few moments it disappears. Cafe Wall Illusion Interact with the Cafe Wall Illusion. Postcard Exhibits Four exhibits small enough to fit on postcards. Sliding Gray Step Is it light gray or dark gray? Shimmer Your eye movements make this design seem to shimmer. Trapezoidal Window Sometimes things are not as they appear. Bird in a Cage See colors that aren't really there. Squirming Palm Can you make your palm squirm? Mona Leonardo's famous painting is used in an interesting perceptual experiment. The Temple Illusion This ancient temple holds a secret...can you reveal the mystery? ExploratoriumPier 15, San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 528-4444 © 2014 ExploratoriumPrivacy Policy Follow Us At About Press Office Membership Support Calendar Store Tickets

How to Make a Spy Glass Color Wheel - Friday Fun Craft Projects What you will make: Use red, blue and yellow cellophane to make a color wheel that teaches kids about combining the primary colors. Have your child see how many colors can be made by overlapping the colored cellophane layers. This craft is well-suited for family, group or classroom craft time, and with preparation by the adult or teen leader, can be used with younger children. Related craft: For more fun with colored cellophane, see the Multicolor Binoculars craft project. Here's what you need: Cardstock Scrap paper Cellophane: red, blue and yellow Glue Pencil Scissors 1" or larger circle punch Hole punch Paper fastener This project is rated EASY to do. Read all of the steps before starting. Step 1: Project Preparation Gather the materials needed for making the color wheel. Step 2: Make a Pattern Cut a 2" by 3" piece of scrap paper. Tip: Make a pattern from cardstock for the children to share. Step 3: Cut and Punch Cardstock Trace around the pattern six times on cardstock. Step 5: Glue

Färgblindhet Alla människor uppfattar inte färger likadant. Människor som har ett avvikande färgseende kallas färgblinda. Total färgblindhet är mycket ovanligt. Det finns många olika typer av färgblindhet. Den vanligaste är röd-grön-färgblindheten, som är mycket vanlig hos män. Färgblindhet är nästan alltid medfödd. Så här fungerar det Då vi tittar på ett föremål kommer ljus in i ögat. Tappar och stavarDet finns två typer av synceller på näthinnan. Ljus av olika färg har olika våglängd. Uppfattar färger annorlundaRöd-grönfärgblinda kan inte se skillnad på rött och grönt, och vissa andra färger bereder också svårigheter. Varför är män oftare färgblinda än kvinnor? Därför att färgblindhet är ärftligt och genen som ger färgblindheten sitter på X-kromosomen.Dessutom krävs att genen är recessiv, och så är det med färgblindhet. X- och Y-kromosomerna bestämmer en persons kön. Hos män finns bara en X-kromosom, så om den har en gen för färgblindhet så blir mannen färgblind.

Blinda fläcken Most people (even many who work on the brain) assume that what you see is pretty much what your eye sees and reports to your brain. In fact, your brain adds very substantially to the report it gets from your eye, so that a lot of what you see is actually "made up" by the brain. Some special features of the anatomy of the eyeball make it possible to demonstrate this to yourself. The front of the eye acts like a camera lens, differently directing light rays from each point in space so as to create on the back of the eye a picture of the world. The picture falls on a sheet of photoreceptors (red in the diagram), specialized brain cells (neurons) which are excited by light. The sheet of photoreceptors is much like a sheet of film at the back of a camera. Look around. Close your left eye and stare at the cross mark in the diagram with your right eye. So, as you can see, you have a pretty big blind spot, at least as big as the spot in the diagram. Resources Elsewhere:

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