Matthew Clark '19 Psychology Blog

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This week I thought it would be cool to focus on optical illusions. Illusions are based off of psychological phenomena and they are cool to look at! We were shown ones in class, but this website has a list of different ones:  https://www.verywellmind.com/cool-optical-illusions-2795841 No. 6 is about the Law of Closure, which we learned about in class. That same picture was also shown. No. 2 is one of my favorites because of how crazy it seems. The dancer can change direction just by thinking about it! It can also supposedly help determine if you are left or right brained. The picture I put here (No. 7) is a classic one and is probably one of the first illusions I've seen. I have always been fascinated by illusions and it's cool to learn about them in Psychology.