visual perception

"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.

"It's moving! Or is it? Optical illusions are tricks that our eyes and brain play on us to make us see things differently--like still images that appears to float, spin, or wiggle along. Explore . . . moving illusions and learn the science behind what makes them work. Then, take a turn making your own optical illusion . . ."--Provided by publisher.

"Look and look again . . . at the sense which lets us see: Sight! Award-winning authors and artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv achieve a . . . fusion of a far-reaching scientific and historical exploration of the phenomenon of sight with a philosophic reflection on its nature. A . . . sequence of . . . infographics provoke the reader to look . . . learn . . . and think"--Provided by publisher.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to optical illustions.

Includes characters from Disney films including The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Tangled, Cars, Toy Story, Alice in Wonderland, and The Jungle Book.

A collection of seven essays, three totally pictorial and four with text, in which the author explores different aspects of art, and how it is seen, valued, and used.

"When it comes to setting and meeting goals, we are often susceptibleto perceptual illusions: We think we are closer or further away depending on our mindset, and we might handicap ourselves by looking only at the big picture or too long at the fine detail. But as . . . [the author] explains in [this book] there is . . . power in these misperceptions--if we know how to use them to our advantage. Drawing on her own unique research and cutting-edge discoveries in vision science, cognitive research, and motivational psychology, [she] gives readers an . . . account of the perceptual habits, routines, and practices that successful people use to set and meet their ambitions. Through case studies of entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, and celebrities--as well as her own . . . experience of trying to set and reach a goal--she brings four . . . visual tactics to life"--Provided by publisher.

"A picture shows exactly how things look. Well, it does most of the time. However, our brains use lines and angles to figure out whether buildings are bigger than each other or leaning in an odd way. This book shows readers exactly how pictures can be optical illusions and why they see what they do"--Provided by publisher.