Edwin Land explained it to us oh so long ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DiCvHiDWiY
Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo ………………………………... On Feb 27, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > The internet was caught up in a frenzy yesterday -- > no, I'm not referring to the llama video -- but about > an optical illusion that people did not realize was an > optical illusion. Indeed, it was an amazing demonstration > of how unquestioning a person can be of their perception > of things in the environment as well as the degree of > overconfidence they have in their own judgments. > > To see where you fall, check out the dress at the > following link and then select one of the multiple choice > answers: > http://swiked.tumblr.com/post/112158479910/trinititties-snacksandharts-swiked > > (a) The dress is red and green > (b) The dress is white and gold > (c) The dress is blue and black/brown > (d) What dress? > > Now, the explanations I've seen for this phenomenon > hasn't been completely satisfactory because they tend to > be vague and don't use the combined trichromaticity > theory-opponent process theory we all are familiar. For > one source of explanation, see the story on the Wired > website: > http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/ > and > http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/27/the-inside-story-of-the-white-dress-blue-dress-drama-that-divided-a-nation/ > A less neuroscience-ish explanation is provided here: > http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-is-the-real-color-of-that-goddamn-white-and-gold-d-1688381523 > and > http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-is-the-real-color-of-that-goddamn-white-and-gold-d-1688381523 > > So, which of the multiple choice answers is correct? > Why, (d) of course. .;-) > > Now, where are those llama videos? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=42336 > or send a blank email to > leave-42336-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=42340 or send a blank email to leave-42340-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
