Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Svalebjørg, Mats"

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    • The illusion of absence in magic tricks 

      Svalebjørg, Mats; Øhrn, Heidi; Ekroll, Vebjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Recently, a curious illusion of absence has been described, where the space behind an occluder is compellingly experienced as empty. This illusion is similar to illusions based on amodal completion in the sense that it ...

    • The illusion of absence: how a common feature of magic shows can explain a class of road accidents 

      Ekroll, Vebjørn; Svalebjørg, Mats; Pirrone, Angelo; Bøhm, Gisela Petra; Jentschke, Sebastian; van Lier, Rob; Wagemans, Johan; Høye, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The purpose of the present note is to draw attention to the potential role of a recently discovered visual illusion in creating traffic accidents. The illusion consists in a compelling and immediate experience that the ...

    • A Perceptual Illusion of Empty Space Can Create a Perceptual Illusion of Levitation 

      Øhrn, Heidi; Svalebjørg, Mats; Andersen, Steffen; Ring, Anna Edit; Ekroll, Vebjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-30)
      A recent analysis of magic tricks suggests the existence of a perceptual illusion where the space hidden behind an occluding object is experienced as empty in a strangely compelling way. Here, we show that this illusion ...