Cluedo! Im sure most of you know that game. We played the bigger version of that game during our human communication tutorial session but also with a little twist to the characters and also murder weapon. There were characters like afro samurai, dolphin girl and cheerleader also weapons like a crown, dolphin and belt. This game was related to our lecture topic this week which was perception. According to what we said in class, cluedo and perception was related by how we percieved the characters and the weapon that was used to 'kill' and also our perception of other group's strategy of playing the game. But i personally think that no one actually related that game with perception consciously, everyone was just playing as told and for fun too.Moving on. As we have established in the previous post that diff. people has diff perception about things around them. One of the most fun way to test that, I think is through Optical Illusions which we all love to just look and try even though it confuses us most of the time.
Optical Illusion proves that our visual perception cannot always be trusted. The components of an object can distort the perception of the complete object. Our mind is the final arbiter of truth. Most optical illusions are the result of
1) incongruent design elements at opposite ends of parallel lines,
2) influence of background patterns on the overall design,
3) adjustment of our perception at the boundaries of areas of high contrast,
4) afterimages resulting from eye movements or from kinetic displays, or
5) inability to interpret the spatial structure of an object from the context provided by the picture.
Examples: (coming)
Hand Print? or Lion Painting?
A Face from Hands
Up or Down?
Get it? Well most of this are design for the eyes not able to understand them, it also proves that what we see isn't always what going on. This teach us to use perception wisely and not jump into conclusion or pressure people who don't perceive things the way we do.
Reference:
1) Antonio Zamora, 2007, Scientific Psychic, online, retrieved 6th September 2008, from http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/
2) The PlayGround, Cluedo Game Box, online, retrieved 6th September, from http://www.theplayground.co.nz/pages/list.phtml?s=42F949EE1206075380507&category=HA8739
3) Optical Illusions, Hand Print? or Lion Painting, online, retrieved 6th September 2008, from http://www.optical-illusions.in/illusions/scary-optical-illusions/
4) Optical Illusions, A Face from Hands, online, retrieved 6th September 2008, from http://www.optical-illusions.in/illusions/funny-optical-illusions/
5) Blog is Everything, Up or Down?, online, retrieved 6th September 2008, from http://www.blogiseverything.com/interesting/stunning-optical-illusion/
~Ash~
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