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Mind Illusions
What is the Müller-Lyer illusion primarily caused by?
Lack of visual context
Misinterpretation of depth and perspective
Motion aftereffect
Retinal fatigue
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What does the Ames Room illusion distort?
Memory recall
Perception of size and distance
Color constancy
Peripheral motion
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What phenomenon describes hearing a different word when watching mismatched lip movements and audio?
The Stroop Effect
Pareidolia
Change Blindness
The McGurk Effect
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Which brain area is most associated with resolving visual illusions?
Brainstem
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Occipital lobe
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Which illusion makes identical colors appear different depending on the background?
Shepard’s tables
Simultaneous contrast illusion
Ponzo illusion
Necker cube
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Why do optical illusions like the checker shadow illusion work?
The eye focuses on moving shadows
Context alters perceived brightness
Retina adapts to color instantly
Light reflects in 3D patterns
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In the Stroop Test, what makes it hard to name the color of a word?
Lateral inhibition
Color blindness
Cognitive interference from reading the word
Auditory distraction
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Why is pareidolia evolutionarily useful?
Helps humans detect faces and threats quickly
Assists in depth calculation
Increases light sensitivity
Improves hearing precision
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What does the "hollow mask illusion" demonstrate about human perception?
Our brain prefers faces to be convex
Motion dominates stillness
We cannot recognize inverted images
Light perception overrides shape
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What is change blindness?
Losing focus in peripheral vision
Failure to notice major changes in a visual scene
Seeing motion where there is none
Confusing foreground and background
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