[visionlist] illusion contest winners

[Susana Martinez-Conde]

Dear vision science community,

 

We are happy to announce that the people have voted, and the TOP THREE
winners of the 2006 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest are:

 

3rd prize: Gideon Caplovitz & Peter Tse (Dartmouth College) -- “The
Bar/Ellipse/Cross Illusion”

 

2nd prize: Peter Tse (Dartmouth College) – “The Infinite Regress Illusion”

 

1st prize: Max Dürsteler (Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland) -- “The
Freezing Rotation Illusion”

 

The illusions will be posted (within the next few days) at:
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com
<http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/> 

 

Submissions for the 2007 contest are now welcome. Find the contest rules at:
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com
<http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/> 

 

Given the powerfully encouraging response from the attendees of the event
this year, the contest will continue to be hosted in Sarasota, Florida.

 

We look forward to seeing you again at next year’s contest on Saturday
evening (6.30pm), May 12th, 2007, during the week of VSS.

 

On behalf of the Neural Correlate Society Executive Committee,

 

Susana Martinez-Conde (Illusion Contest Coordinator)

 

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Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD

Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience

Department of Neurobiology

Barrow Neurological Institute

350 W. Thomas Rd.

Phoenix, AZ, USA

 

Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484

Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172

Email:  <mailto:smart at neuralcorrelate.com> smart at neuralcorrelate.com

 <http://www.neuralcorrelate.com/smc_lab> www.neuralcorrelate.com/smc_lab 

 

 

 

 

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