Press & Media
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Recursia and Our Lead Designer, Michael Karlovich have appeared in the following media outlets:
Media features of my work
Jagran
Optical Illusion: This 'Crocs And Socks' Trick Will Fool Your Eyes
By: Simran Srivastav Jul 15 2022
WIRED
How ‘The Dress’ Sparked a Neuroscience Breakthrough
by David McRaney Jun 24, 2022
LADbible
The Crocs And Socks Optical Illusion Has Returned To Confuse The Internet
By Abbi Murray, Apr 20th, 2022
The India Times
By: Basit Aijaz May 11 2022
The Sun
Mind-bending optical illusion tricks the brain into thinking there are light rays coming out of geometric drawing
By Shacamree Gowdy, May 7 2022
The Sun
Optical illusion of ‘Crocs and socks’ reignites years-long debate – what color do YOU see?
By Cheyenne R. Ubiera, Apr 19, 2022
The New York Post
‘Crocs & Socks’ illusion baffles viewers with debate over true color
By Andrew Court, Apr 19, 2022
Psychology Today
Visual Illusions and Optical Illusions Are Not the Same
By Pascal Wallisch, Aug 10, 2021
Creative Bloq
Scintillating new optical illusion is out of this world
By Daniel Piper Jul 05, 2021
MathWorks
The Science Behind This Illusion and How The Visual Confuses Your Brain
By Lisa Harvey, July 2nd, 2021
Futurity
TRY IT: ILLUSION SHOWS HOW YOUR BRAIN ‘CONNECTS THE DOTS’
Jun 30th 2021
New York University (nyu.edu):
A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots
By: James Devitt, Jun 29 2021
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
A new kind of visual illusion uncovers how our brains connect the dots
'Scintillating starburst' offers insights into visual processing
Jun 29 2021
The Financial
A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots
by The Financial staff, Jun, 29, 2021
The Sun (thesun.co.uk):
This new optical illusion fools your brain – can you work out how?
By: Vanessa Chalmers, Jun 29 2021
Live Science (livescience.com/):
A new type of optical illusion tricks the brain into seeing dazzling rays
By: Harry Baker, Jun 29 2021
IFLScience (www.iflscience.com):
Brand New Type Of Optical Illusion Tricks The Brain Into Seeing Shimmering Rays
By: IFL Science Staff, Jun 29 2021
DailyMail UK (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/):
By: Shivali Best, Jun 29 2021
IFLScience (www.iflscience.com):
Boggle Your Brain With The Best Illusion Of The Year Contest 2020
By: IFLS staff; Dec. 18th 2020
You Are Not So Smart Podcast - A Celebration of Self-Delusion
Episode 176 (in two parts): – How a divisive photograph of a
perceptually ambiguous dress led two researchers to build
the nuclear bomb of cognitive science out of socks and Crocs
Hosted by David McRaney; featuring Michael Karlovich and Pascal Wallisch
Part 1 of the podcast Aired March 9th, 2020
Part two of the podcast Aired Mar. 25, 2020
Scientific American® :
A Pair of Crocs to Match the Dress: New research casts light on viral illusions
By Stephen L. Macknik; Jan. 23, 2020
Twenty-Eight Shades of Shoes: New research using Crocs explains the dress
By Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik; Dec. 12, 2019
Buzzfeed :
First There Was "The Dress." Now We've Got These Crocs.
By Dan Vergano; Jul. 3, 2019
Non-English Media Features:
Stern
Neuartige optische Illusion trickst unser Gehirn aus: Sehen Sie das seltsame Phänomen?
In questo nuovo tipo di illusione ottica il cervello umano immagina linee luminose unendo i puntini
By: Sabrina Del Fico
Focus
Powstał nowy rodzaj iluzji optycznej. Czy widzisz migoczące promienie?
Jun, 30th 2021
ECPlanet
Nuovo tipo di illusione visiva
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