Blar i Department of Psychosocial Science på emneord "amodal completion"

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    • Never Repeat the Same Trick Twice – Unless it is Cognitively Impenetrable 

      Ekroll, Vebjørn; De Bruyckere, Evy; Vanwezemael, Lotte; Wagemans, Johan (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 

      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 ...

    • A Remarkable Depth Confusion in Images of the Incomplete Statues of Bruno Catalano 

      van Lier, Rob; Ekroll, Vebjørn (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 ...