Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience

We continue to update The Illusions Index. We've now added the fascinating, and relvatively newly discovered, Curvature Blindness Illusion—an illusion in which curved lines appear straight. A striking reminder that what we seem to see is not always what is there.

Curvature Blindness Illusion - The Illusions Index The Illusions Index is a fully searchable curated collection of illusions brought to you by the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience.

One of our new projects with the University of Cambridge, Exploring the Grey Zone: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Religious Delusions and Conspiracy Beliefs, is looking to hire a fixed term Research Associate in Psychiatry or Psychology:

Research Associate in Psychiatry or Psychology (Fixed Term) The Faculty of Divinity invites applications for the position of Research Associate in Psychiatry or Psychology, to work as part of an interdisciplinary team, led by Professor Joseph Webster, on the UKRI-funded project Exploring the Grey Zone: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Religious Delusions and Co...

A brand new illusion has just been added to The Illusions Index! Read all about the 'Spatial Ventriloquism Illusion' here: https://www.illusionsindex.org/i/spatial-ventriloquism-illusion

Exciting news: The Illusions Index is growing! Our first new illusion is the ‘Scintillating Starburst’ - details here: https://www.illusionsindex.org/i/scintillating-starburst.

More exciting illusions will be added over the next few months, stay tuned! https://www.illusionsindex.org/

As always, we welcome your feedback through our brand new Illusions Index Survey. https://www.illusionsindex.org/feedback.

Temporary philosophy job at Glasgow:

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

A fascinating article in the New Yorker about aphantasia and hyperphantasia, with many first-person accounts of life at opposite ends of the imagery spectrum.

Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.

Our Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience seminar starts today. Our first session is:

‘The aims of self-control’, Polaris Koi (University of Turku)
15th of September, 3-5pm (UK Time)
Seminar Room on level 5 at 62 Hillhead (the Psychology Building)

Abstract
Standardly, self-control is thought to be something we do to delay gratification, and to pursue aims like dieting, exercise, and productivity. This conception associates self-control with individualistic conceptions of agency, where an individual agent deploys self-control for personal long-term gain. In this paper, I argue that while this conception captures part of what self-control is good for, it also obscures how fundamental it is for human agency. Drawing on multiple strains of inquiry across disciplines, I suggest that the ability we now associate with goal pursuit may in fact have evolved for the aims of prosociality and care. Drawing attention to these as the primary aims of self-control help us appreciate the fundamental nature of this capacity for human agency and community, and to respond to the criticism that self-control would only be of value within neoliberalism.

We are pleased to make this event hybrid. Zoom details are available to those who subscribe to our mailing list. To do so please e-mail [email protected].

Details of the other events this year are available at:

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This one is mad; seriously, when you see it, you can't unsee it. Don’t say what it is if you know; just put how long it took to work it out. 🤯

I need a tattoo like I need a hole in the head.