Top 10 Finalists « Best Illusion of the Year Contest

Top 10 Finalists

“The Leaning Tower Illusion” 1st by Frederick Kingdom, Ali Yoonessi and Elena Gheorghiu McGill University, Canada	“The Illusory Contoured Tilting Pyramid” 2nd by Pietro Guardini and Luciano Gamberini University of Padova, Italy	“Where Has All the Motion Gone?” 3rd by Arthur Shapiro and Emily Knight Bucknell University, USA
Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest 2007	“Bouncing Brains” by Thorsten Hansen, Kai Hamburger and Karl Gegenfurtner University of Giessen, Germany	“’Weaves’ and the Hermann Grid” by Kai Hamburger and Arthur Shapiro University of Giessen, Germany, and Bucknell University, USA
“Drifting Background Illusion” by Masaharu Kato Uppsala University, Sweden	“Swimmers, Eels and Other Gradient-Gradient Illusions” by Emily Knight and Arthur Shapiro Bucknell University, USA	“Steel Magnolias and Breeze in the Trees Illusions” by Michael Pickard Sunderland University, UK
“Kaleidoscopic Motion and Velocity Illusions” by Peter van der Helm Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands	“It’s a Circle, Honest!” by David Whitaker University of Bradford, UK	TOP 10 FINALISTS

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	The break of the curveball
	Impossible motion: magnet-like slopes
	ECVP Waves
	Dynamic Luminance-Gradient Effect
	Perpetual Collisions
	Two sinusoids: 6 – 1 perceptions
	Swimmers, Eels and Other Gradient-Gradient Illusions
	Motion-Illusion Building Blocks
	Coffer Illusion
	Smooth pursuit motion suppression
	Filling in the Afterimage after the Image
	The Infinite Regress Illusion
	Bouncing Brains
	Pinball Wizard
	Healing Grid