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Affective Epistemology 
Affective epistemology is based on the idea that there is a way of knowing which transcends, specific perceptual frames. This idea is predicated on affective components as indicating the quality of a given perception, thought form, or way of being in the
http://neoscience.org/affectiv.htm
Mind Bluff 
A family-friendly collection of tactile illusions, mental deceptions, optical tricks, brain puzzlers, and feeling games to play on the self.
http://mindbluff.com
Mind Hacks 
Neuroscience and psychology tricks discussed and perhaps explained. Companion site to the "Mind Hacks" book by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb.
http://www.mindhacks.com/
MindJava 
Providing insight into memory formation, cognition, and learning.
http://mindjava.com
Optical Illusions by Psych ARTS 
We think we perceive objective reality, but perception is always altered by invisible biases. We are never free of the state-dependent bias, and so we are continually taken in by an illusion.
http://www.psycharts.com/opt_illus.html
Smarandache's Law 
An improvement of Weber's and Fechner's Laws on sensations and stimuli. A paradoxical complex, an optical illusion, and a test of intelligence.
http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/psychology.htm
Some Visual Illusions 
This site shows a range of common visual illusions along with a brief explanation of why they occur. It was originally prepared to show at a children's primary school as part of their study of sensory processing.
http://wisebytes.net/illusions/
The Moon Illusion Explained 
A relatively new theory is offered for the classic illusion that the moon's constant subtended visual angle of half a degree appears larger for the horizon moon than for the zenith moon.
http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/
The Noh Mask Effect 
Demonstrates illusory facial expression perception with Japanese Noh masks. Links to publications about the effect.
http://www.kasrl.org/noh_mask.html
The Poggendorff Illusion 
A study attributing the illusion to summed effects of cardinal axes in the observer's field of view and of salient axes in the figures.
http://www.soapsheet.com
Vision Laboratory Macquarie University 
Contains information about current research into human visual perception. Features material from some of the courses run by the psychology department and information about staff and students.s
http://vision.psy.mq.edu.au/
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