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Schizophrenics See Through Hollow-mask Illusion

"Telling the front from the back of a mask can be more difficult than it seems. Thanks to an effect called the hollow-mask illusion, the brain can have trouble deciding if the image is convex or concave....People with schizophrenia, which affects about 1... ...full story at digg

from digg on Tue, Apr 07 2009

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