visual perception

"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.

"Those studying art spend a long time learning about how to create the right perspective. Depending on what's around a tree or animal, the main part of the image can look different, bigger, smaller, closer, or farther away. It's really just a trick. Readers learn how the brain is affected by these optical illusions"--Provided by publisher.

"Salvador Dali is just one artist that employed the use of double images in his art. This historical practice can really puzzle someone looking at Dali's artwork, until they see the second image. This book introduces readers to . . . artistic concepts as well as how the human brain perceives them. Readers draw connections between scientific theory, art, and their own experiences looking at the many optical illusions found in each chapter"--Provided by publisher.

"Something that's been printed on paper can't possibly be able to move, right? Because of how our brain works, though,it's possible to create images that seem to move or shake. On every page of this book, readers can test out different optical illusions while learning how they work. Facts boxes add . . . details about how the human brain deals with certain kinds of art, images, and see the world around us to create optical illusions"--Provided by publisher.