visual perception

Presents a collection of over thirty visual tricks and illusions involving colors, shapes, patterns, and perspective. Includes 3-D glasses, a spinning disk, and an answer key.

"Temple Grandin . . . transforms our understanding of the different ways our brains are wired. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously understood, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the purest 'object visualizers' like Grandin herself, with their intuitive knack for engineering and problem-solving, to 'visual spatials'--the abstract, mathematical thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. With her genius for demystifying science, Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking and its intuitive affinities for design, innovation, and problem-solving. She also makes us aware of how a world geared to the highly verbal screens out visual thinkers from an early age. Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts, driving a collective loss in productivity and competitiveness, Grandin proposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers"--Provided by publisher.

"Crush, crash, smash! Photo puzzles featuring mashed and mangled objects give pre-readers a mystery to solve...what was it before it got smashed?"--Provided by publisher.

Optical illusions happen when we perceive something that?s not there or that appears to differ from reality. Scientists divide them into three different categories: optical, perceptual, and cognitive. Readers will be delighted to learn how all kinds of optical illusions work and how they can amaze their friends with the experiments in this entertaining volume. They?ll learn how to make a sequence of drawings seem to come to life, how to make a drawing appear 3D, how to draw the ?impossible? Penrose triangle, and much, much more. All activities and experiments are explained step by step through comprehensible and accessible text.

This book of opposites encourages readers to manipulate the book to see things from a completely different perspective.

Presents visual puzzles and optical illusions, using the rules of perspective and visual perception to trick the mind.

"What is that color? Optical illusions are tricks that our eyes and brain play on us to make us see things differently--like colors that switch to their opposites when you stare too long or sneaky shades that are really the same. Explore . . . color illusions and learn the science behind what makes them work. Then, take a turn making your own optical illusion"--Provided by publisher.

"The image is clear. Or is it? Optical illusions are tricks that our eyes and brain play on us to make us see things differently--like an image that shows two different things, depending on how you look at it. Explore ambiguous images and learn the science behind what makes them work. Then, take a turn making your own optical illusion. Get ready to be eye-mazed!"--Provided by publisher.

Colorful images transform the pages of this book into other things from a flip phone and a folded t-shirt to an elephant's trunk and much more.

"Climb up the stairs or swim upstream. Are these pictures even possible? Optical illusions are tricks that our eyes and brain play on us to make us see things differently--like images that appear realistic until you give them a second look. Explore mind-boggling images and learn the science behind what makes them work. Then, take a turn making your own optical illusion"--Provided by publisher.