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In the Chroma Shifter project, young inventors will explore optical ilusion and colour perception!
The Chroma Shifter experience is a practical and fun activity where students will create a colour-changing instrument that alters the hues of
everything we see. The Chroma Shifter project aims to teach students about optical illusions and colour perception.
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Margaret Livingstone is an american neuroscientist, best known for her work on vision and the biology of how the brain processes visual information. She has conducted influential research on: Color perception and luminance processing, how the brain interprets faces and expressions, visual pathways and their developmental organization! She has been a longtime professor at Harvard Medical School, where her research has contributed to both basic neuroscience and understanding visual art—she’s well known for connecting visual neuroscience to artistic techniques in her book Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing.
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Optical Ilusion: Researchers have identified over 30 different areas in our brain responsible for
visual processing. Some areas seem to correspond to motion, others to colour, depth (distance),
and even the direction of a contour. Our brain simplifies things, allowing for a quicker (though
imperfect) grasp of the “external reality,” leading to optical illusions. Illusions occur when vision
tricks our brain, making us see something that doesn’t exist or something different from reality
Colour Perception: Colour is not an inherent feature of an object, but depends on the illuminating light. This is because each type of radiation has a characteristic frequency. That’s why when an LED emits light, the image takes on a specific colour, and when the emitted light is different, the colours we see change.
The Chroma shifter project was created with three main objectives:
At the end of the session, in addition to building a Chroma Shifter , the young inventors will also gain a new appreciation for the world of optical ilusion
Together, we will bring colour to the illusion
Ask your young inventor what excited them most about the session, or challenge them to use the Chroma shifter at home with the family!
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