Modified: November 12, 2001
- Internet Psychology Laboratory--interactive, basic, short, links, graphics, Java
- Provides information and interactive demonstrations on signal detection, music scale, pitch scaling, illusions, auditory mismatch, and adaptation and constancy. http://kahuna.psych.uiuc.edu/ipl/index.html
- Cow Eye Dissection--interactive, basic, short, links, graphics
- Audio requires Real Audio Player; step-by-step guide for dissection of cow eye. http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html
- The Joy of Visual Perception--book, basic, short, links, graphics
- Comprehensive on-line book on visual perception. Covers all of the major aspects of visual perception. http://www.yorku.ca/eye/
- Shape Constancy Demo--http://www.yorku.ca/eye/shape2.htm
- Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing--http://www.yorku.ca/eye/colormx2.htm
- Interactive Color Addition--http://javaboutique.internet.com/ColorFinder/
- *IllusionWorks-- interactive, basic, medium, links, graphics, search, Java, Shockwave
- Illusions are covered systematically. The Hall of Illusions section contains Impossible Figures and Objects, Ambiguous Illusions, Distortion Illusions, Aftereffects and Afterimages, Auditory Illusions, and Camouflage. Other sections cover art illusions, puzzles, and 3-D illusions. Java and Shockwave are required to see some of the demonstrations. http://www.illusionworks.com/
- Old woman/Young woman--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/perceptual_ambiguity.html
- Reversible Figures--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/depth_ambiguity.html
- Barber Pole Illusion--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/barber_pole.html
- Breathing Square--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/breathing_square.html
- Ouchi Illusion--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/ouchi_illusion.html
- Size Constancy--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/size_constancy.html
- Poggendorf Illusion--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/poggendorf.html
- Twisted Cord Illusion--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/twisted_cord.html
- Cafe Wall Illusion--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/cafe_wall.html
- Fraser Spiral Illusion--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/fraser_spiral.html
- Camouflage1--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/camouflage.html
- Camouflage2--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/hidden_bird.html
- Ames Room--http://www.illusionworks.com/html/ames_room.html
- *Visual Illusions Gallery--index, basic, short, links, graphics
- Presents 21 illusions including: Necker Cube, Afterimages, The Blind Spot, and others. http://valley.uml.edu/landrigan/ILLUSION.HTML
- The Munsell System of Color Notation--text, interm., medium, links, graphics, Java
- Describes the Munsell system for describing colors; has links to history of system and to products available including tests of color vision. http://www.munsell.com/munsell1.htm
- Vision Test--interactive, basic, short, links, graphics
- A vision test users can take from their computer screen. http://www.milfordeye.com/vtest.htm#chart
- Interactive Illustrations of Color Perception--interactive, interm., medium, links, graphics, Java
- Provides interactive examples of how colors interact with surfaces and with each other. http://www.cs.brown.edu/research/graphics/research/illus/spectrum/home.html
- Distilled Light--interactive, basic, short, links, graphics
- On-line demonstration of how primary colors can be combined to form secondary colors. Users may block primary colors and see the results. http://www.exploratorium.edu/imap-expl/interf.conf?319,66
- *Gestalt Psychology
- Type: interactive Level: basic Length: short Links: yes Graphics: yes
- Demonstrates the laws of perception from Gestalt psychology: proximity, similarity, good continuation, closure, good form, and figure-ground.
- http://users.anderson.edu/~jfultz/gestalt.html
- Binocular Vision, Depth Perception: How 3-D Vision Works
- Type: tutorial Level: basic Length: short Links: yes Graphics: yes
- Illustrates principles of stereo vision and includes an on-line test.
- http://www.vision3d.com/stereo.html
- Depth Perception Exhibits
- Type: tutorial Level: basic Length: short Links: yes Graphics: yes
- From the Exploratorium, illustrates their exhibits that use depth perception.
- http://netra.exploratorium.edu/xref/phenomena/depth_perception.html
- Soundry
- Type: interactive Level: basic Length: long Links: yes Graphics: yes Other: Java
- Award-winning site on the basic workings of the human ear that allows users to experiment with sound on-line.
- http://library.advanced.org/19537/Main.html
- Face Detection
- Type: interactive Level: basic Length: short Links: yes Graphics: yes
- From Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, links to their software that recognizes faces in images. Users may submit digital images and the software will return the image with the faces marked.
- http://www.ri.cmu.edu/projects/project_416.html