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“The illusion of normal”Dr Belinda Goodenough
Manager, Knowledge Translation ProgramDementia Collaborative Research Centres
What is Johannes Stötter doing?
Stötter manipulates “thing/gap” boundary ...
brain has “rules” to separate figure from ground
Pillars or people?
Camouflage – the normal illusion
works by (conf)using normal brain processes:
“automatic” visual perception needs effort, i.e. “attention”
From the laboratory
Camouflage – the normal illusion
• “pop-out effect” → target unique in some way• slow/errors when: target not unique
: more distractors to check• “YES” faster than “NO”
target = distractors =
Better Brain.Better Life.Better “Normal”…