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<p class=MsoPlainText>2008 ILLUSION CONTEST WINNERS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The "Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest"
Gala (May 11th, 2008, Naples<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>FL, Philharmonic Center for the Arts) was a huge success,
with more<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>attendees than ever! This event was the fourth annual
edition of the "Best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Visual Illusion of the Year Contest". Previous
editions drew numerous<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>accolades from attendees as well as international media
coverage.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The TOP THREE winners of the 2008 "Best Visual
Illusion of the Year Contest"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- 1st PRIZE: Rob van Lier and Mark Vergeer (Radboud
University Nijmegen, The<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Netherlands) -- "Filling in the Afterimage after the
Image"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- 2nd prize: Rob Jenkins (University of Glasgow, UK)--
"Ghostly Gaze"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- 3rd prize: Thomas Papathomas (Rutgers University,
USA)--"Rolling Eyes on a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Hollow Mask"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The 2009 contest (5th annual edition!) will be hosted on
May 10th, at 7pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>(Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida).
Illusion submissions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>for the 2009 contest are now being accepted!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Check out the WINNING ILLUSIONS, and all TOP TEN
finalists at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The winners took home a "Guido", a trophy
designed by the renowned Italian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>sculptor Guido Moretti.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>If you took PICTURES or VIDEOS of the event, please send
them to us and we<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>will post the best ones!!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>This event was hosted by the Neural Correlate Society, a
non-profit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>organization whose mission is to promote public awareness
of neuroscience<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>research and discovery, and sponsored by the Mind Science
Foundation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>As the Platinum Sponsor of the "Best Visual Illusion
of the Year Contest",<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>the Mind Science Foundation is featuring complimentary
visual illusion<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>eCards at www.mindscience.org/visualillusion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>On behalf of the Neural Correlate Society,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Susana Martinez-Conde (Executive Director and Illusion
Contest Coordinator)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Neural Correlate Society Executive Committee: Jose-Manuel
Alonso, Stephen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Macknik, Luis Martinez, Xoana Troncoso, Peter Tse<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>----------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Division of Neurobiology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Barrow Neurological Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>350 W. Thomas Rd<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Phoenix AZ 85013, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>http://www.neuralcorrelate.com/smc_lab/<o:p></o:p></p>
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