Media features of my work

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New York University (nyu.edu):

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A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots

By: James Devitt, Jun 29 2021

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The Sun (thesun.co.uk):

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This new optical illusion fools your brain – can you work out how?

By: Vanessa Chalmers, Jun 29 2021

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Live Science (livescience.com/):

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A new type of optical illusion tricks the brain into seeing dazzling rays

By: Harry Baker, Jun 29 2021

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IFLScience (www.iflscience.com):

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Brand New Type Of Optical Illusion Tricks The Brain Into Seeing Shimmering Rays

By: IFL Science Staff, Jun 29 2021

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DailyMail UK (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/):

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'Scintillating Starburst' optical illusion tricks you into thinking a spinning wheel is shimmering - and illustrates how our brains 'connect the dots' to create a subjective reality in what we see

By: Shivali Best, Jun 29 2021

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IFLScience (www.iflscience.com):

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Boggle Your Brain With The Best Illusion Of The Year Contest 2020

By: IFLS staff; Dec. 18th 2020

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Neurology® The most widely read and highly cited peer-reviewed neurology journal
 

An article I co-authored, "Socioeconomic disparities in SUDEP in the US" was chosen to be the featured research on the journal's cover for Volume 94 (number 24) June 16th, 2020. 

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Scientific American® : 

 

A Pair of Crocs to Match the Dress: New research casts light on viral illusions 

By Stephen L. Macknik; Jan. 23, 2020

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Twenty-Eight Shades of Shoes: New research using Crocs explains the dress 

By Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik; Dec. 12, 2019

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Buzzfeed : 

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First There Was "The Dress." Now We've Got These Crocs.

By Dan Vergano; Jul. 3, 2019

 

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

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Part 1 of the podcast  Aired March 9th, 2020 

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Part two of the podcast Aired Mar. 25, 2020