Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Subject "amodal completion"
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Never Repeat the Same Trick Twice – Unless it is Cognitively Impenetrable
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)In their quest for creating magical experiences, magicians rely on a host of psychological factors. Here, we compare tricks based on attentional misdirection with tricks based on amodal completion. Based on the notion that ... -
A Perceptual Illusion of Empty Space Can Create a Perceptual Illusion of Levitation
(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 ... -
A Remarkable Depth Confusion in Images of the Incomplete Statues of Bruno Catalano
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Images of Bruno Catalano’s sculptures of incomplete bodies give rise to a remarkable depth confusion in which the background is partly pushed to the front. We argue that this confusion is related to what happens in the ...