Science+Experiment+1

=Scientific Method = Determine if there is a difference between various groups in overcoming visual illusions to determine what is really there.
 * Topic:**

Is there a difference between various groups in overcoming visual illusions?
 * Question:**

There are two different ways you can call an illusion. Optical illusion or Visual illusion. There is one thing though. There is a little difference between an optical illusion and a visual illusion. These are characterized by visually perceived images that are different from objective reality. Information gathered by the eye is processed by the brain to give a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three different types of illusions. Literal optical illusions which create images are different from the other images that make them. Physiological illusions are the effects on the brain and eyes of constant stimulation of a specific type. Brightness, tilt, movement, color, and cognitive illusions are where the brain and eyes both make unconscious inferences. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/]
 * Background Information:**

In 1922, Matthew Luckiesh wrote a novel about optical illusions called - Visual Illusion: Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications. From what we know that may have been the first book ever written on the topic of Visual Illusions. Years of research preceded the writing of this book. During these years the world was engulfed by the "Great War". Mr. Luckiesh worked on ways to camouflage our ships and airplanes using visual illusions. Which was smart. http://www.visualillusion.net/

It is illusions that make up our world. That is true because the big blue sky appears flat, The sun appears to be moving across the sky, & flat areas appear to be having depth. All these are optical illusions. Wonders created by our optical mechanism known as the eye. Illusions often result due to mistaken judgments or erroneous vision. An error in estimating the distance to an object is due to mistaken judgment. A bright object may appear larger than a dark object of same dimensions. When objects of contrasting colors are placed in close vicinity, a certain color may be mistaken to be another. This is an error in sensing the object. The human brain tends to group different things in four different groups called similarity, continuity, closure, and proximity. We group things of similar color to picture a particular shape. Our brain is always in search of patterns. The brain tries to find some kind of continuity in whatever our eyes see. [|http://www.buzzle.com/]

I do not think that there will be much difference in the groups.
 * Hypothesis:**


 * Procedure:**
 * 1) First I will need to get a boy and a girl both age 11.
 * 2) Then I will have them take a visual illusions test on the internet.
 * 3) Next when they are done I will record there scores.
 * 4) Then I will need to get a boy and a girl both age 12.
 * 5) Next I will have them take the visual illusions test.
 * 6) Then I will record there scores when they are done.
 * 7) Next I will have to get a girl and boy both age 13.
 * 8) Then I will have them take the visual illusions test.
 * 9) Then I will record there scores when they are done.
 * 10) Finally I will graph all the data.


 * Materials:**
 * at least one or two computers.
 * 3 girls ages 11, 12, 13.
 * 3 boys all the same ages.
 * internet access on the computer/s.
 * a pencil.
 * a piece of paper.
 * keyboard/s
 * mouse/mice
 * some chairs


 * Experiment:**


 * Data/Results:**


 * Conclusion:**