February 16, 2013
Visual perception illustration
This CT-scan picture illustrates an important perception issue for graphics. Look carefully at the image, especially at the pattern of white spots.
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The BBC News story has more about this experiment, but before you go there, did you notice the dancing gorilla?
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »