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Found this page by accident? These links are all used in the book Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain, a tour through the world of neuroscience and psychology, using small experiments and demos to illustrate what's going on in your head. See the page about the book or our weblog to find out more.

Credits

About the Authors

p.xiii:
http://www.idiolect.org.uk

http://iam.upsideclown.com

http://interconnected.org/home

Contributors

http://mssv.net

p.xiv:
http://farmerversusfox.blogspot.com

http://www.envioustime.co.uk

http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/members/Bird448/

http://www.christianjarrett.btinternet.co.uk

http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/rd.cfm

http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/people/profiles/suater_disa.htm

http://www.dylan.org.uk

http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/staff/EllenPoliakoff

http://www.stray-light.co.uk

p.xv:
http://www.iain-price.com

http://www.open2.net/humanmind

http://www.michaelbach.de

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html

~~http://www.shef.ac.uk.spinsn/~~
http://www.shef.ac.uk/spinsn/

p.xvi:
http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/home/bellv1

http://www.bardel.info

Acknowledgements

http://moin.sourceforge.net

Preface

How to Use This Book

p.xxii:
http://www.apastyle.org

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.html

p.xxiii:
http://www.google.com

How to Contact Us

p.xxvii:
http://www.mindhacks.com

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindhks

http://www.oreilly.com

Got a Hack?

http://hacks.oreilly.com

Chapter 1. Inside the Brain

Hack #1

p.3:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks

p.4:
http://pp.kpnet.fi/seirioa/cdenn/cogscirv.htm

Hack #2

p.5:
http://openeeg.sourceforge.net

Hack #5

p.9:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/magazine/22SAVANT.html

http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/neuro/TMS_NYT.html

Hack #6

p.12:
http://www.csicop.org/si/9903/ten-percent-myth.html

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percnt.htm

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/tenper.html

http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/brain-myth

Hack #7

p.15:
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

http://www.msu.edu/~brains/humanatlas

~~http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/mainmenu.html~~
http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu

p.16:
http://brainmuseum.org

http://www.brainvoyager.com

Hack #9

p.21:
~~http://www.foresight.gov.uk/cognitive.html~~
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Previous_Projects/Cognitive_Systems/Reports_and_Publications/Research_Reviews/index.html

http://members.aol.com/Bio50/LecNotes/lecnot11.html

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ap.html

http://www.thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_01/a_01_m/a_01_m_fon/a_01_m_fon.html

p.22:
~~http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/NINDS_Neuron.htm~~
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/ninds_neuron.htm

Hack #12

p.27:
~~http://www.cs.uta/fi/~jh/homonculus.html~~
http://www.cs.uta.fi/~jh/homunculus.html

p.29:
http://owen.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/www/image.php?img=87494&cat=6

Chapter 2. Seeing

Hack #14

p.40:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/peripheral_vision.html

p.42:
http://psy.ucsd.edu/~sanstis/SABlur.html

http://www.awpa.asn.au/tipstrix/eyeball1.htm

http://www.awpa.asn.au/tipstrix/eyeball2.htm

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/rodcone.html

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html

http://white.stanford.edu/~brian/numbers/node1.html

http://webvision.med.utuh.edu/facts.html

Hack #15

p.43:
http://www.poynterextra.org/eyetrack2004/

p.45:
~~http://www.poynter.org/eyetrack~~
http://www.poynterextra.org/eyetrack2004/

http://ilab.usc.edu/bu/

~~http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/e/l/elm173/schlwork/semester3/psych/complete.htm~~
http://web.archive.org/web/20041122143055/http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/e/l/elm173/schlwork/semester3/psych/complete.htm

Hack #16

p.47:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot

p.49:
http://www.exploratorium.org/snacks/cheshire_cat.html

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot1.html

Hack #20

p.60:
http://www.kare.com/MakePortfolioPage.cgi?page=6

http://psy.ucsd.edu/~sanstis/SAStocking.htm

Hack #21

p.63:
http://gandalf.psych.umn.edu/~kersten/kersten-lab/images/ball-in-a-box.mov

http://gandalf.psych.umn.edu/~kersten/kersten-lab/demos/BallInaBox.mov

~~http://www.kyb.tue.mpg.de/links/demo.html~~
http://www.kyb.tue.mpg.de/bu/demo/index.html

p.66:
http://gandalf.psych.umn.edu/~kersten/kersten-lab

~~http://gandalf.psych.umn.edu/~kersten/kersten-lab/images/kersten-shadow-cine.mov~~
http://gandalf.psych.umn.edu/~kersten/kersten-lab/images/kersten-shadow-cine.MOV

Hack #22

p.62:
http://www.bardel.info/downloads/Depth_cues.pdf

http://www.ultimatesymbol.com/

Hack #23

p.76:
http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/lum_adelson_check_shadow/

Hack #24

p.79:
http://www.combsmusic.com/RosesReview.html

p.80:
http://www.siu.edu/~pulfrich/

Hack #25

http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/MAE.HTML

http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/Optical/AfterEffects_main.htm

p.82:
http://www.naturalhighs.net/waterfalls/illusions.htm

http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/motion_aftereffect.html

Hack #26

p.86:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chems.html

Hack #27

p.89:
http://www.psych.purdue.edu/~coglab/VisLab/ApparentMotion/AM.html

~~http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~kreisman/phi/index.html~~
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/colorphi.htm

http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/multdrft.htm

http://epmalab.uoregon.edu/writings/Chapter%205%20summary.pdf

http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/BIBLIOGRAPHY/Online.html

Hack #28

p.90:
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_flashlag1

p.91:
http://nba.uth.tmc.edu/homepage/eagleman/flashlag/

p.92:
http://nba.uth.tmc.edu/homepage/eagleman/flashlag/r1.html

p.93:
http://fisio.icb.usp.br/~vinicius/Public_pdf/Baldo_Ranvaud_Morya.pdf

Hack #29

p.94:
http://psy.ucsd.edu/~sanstis/Foot.html

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_feet_lin/

p.95:
http://psy.ucsd.edu/~sanstis/SAPub.html

http://psy.ucsd.edu/~sanstis/PDFs/YorkChapter.pdf

Hack #30

p.96:
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html

p.99:
http://viperlib.york.ac.uk/Pimages/Lightness-Brightness/Shading/8cycles.DtoL.CW.jpg

p.100:
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html

p.101:
http://web.sfn.org

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/OuchiIllusion.html

Hack #31

p.103:
http://www.uwm.edu/People/johnchay/mrp.htm

p.106:
http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/cognitive/perception/section1.html

Hack #33

p.108:
~~http://neurodyn.umsl.edu/~simon/sr.html~~
http://neurodyn.umsl.edu/sr/

Chapter 3. Attention

p.112:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james

Hack #35

p.117:
~~http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/readinglists/p5mcm-2.html~~
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/readinglists/mcm-2.html

Hack #36

p.118:
~~http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/mot.mov~~
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/motMovies/mot.mov

~~http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/mot-occ-occlusion.mov~~
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/motMovies/mot-occ-occlusion.mov

~~http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/mot-occ-virtocc.mov~~
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/motMovies/mot-occ-virtocc.mov

p.119:
~~http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/mot-occ-implosion.mov~~
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/motMovies/mot-occ-implosion.mov

p.123:
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/ZPPublications.htm

Hack #37

p.126:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/lecture2.shtml

Hack #38

p.129:
http://www.spymuseum.org/games/mole.html

Hack #39

p.130:
http://www.stepware.com/acereader.html

http://www.flashreader.com

http://www.icebreaker.net/gnomersvp

http://krsvp.sourceforge.net/

Hack #40

p.135:
~~http://www.mindhacks.com/book/44/changeblindness.gif~~
http://www.mindhacks.com/book/40/changeblindness.gif

http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/ASSChtml/couple.gif

http://www.usd.edu/psyc301/Rensink.htm

http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/ASSChtml/dottedline.gif

p.136:
http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/djs_lab/demos.html

http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/ASSChtml/ASSC.html

Hack #41

p.137:
http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/media/mindhacks.html

p.139:
http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/reprints/index.php

http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/djs_lab

Hack #42

p.142:
http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~psmfed/papers/np.html

http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/~hasher/abstracts/may_95.htm

http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/AandC/HLV/DataBase/NP/intro.html

Hack #43

p.143:
http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/daphne/visual.html#video

p.146:
http://www.bootstrap.org/augdocs/friedewald030402/augmentinghumanintellect/ahi62index.html

Chapter 4. Hearing and Language

Hack #44

p.148:
http://www.mindhacks.com/book/44/24Hz.mp3

http://www.mindhacks.com/book/44/48Hz.mp3

http://www.mindhacks.com/book/44/96Hz.mp3

Hack #45

p.154:
~~http://www.tonmeister.ca/main/textbook/psychoacoustics/06.html~~
http://www.tonmeister.ca/main/textbook/

http://www.soundalert.com/pdfs/impact.pdf

Hack #46

p.155:
http://physics.mtsu.edu/~wmr/julianna.html

http://www.kyushu-id.ac.jp/~ynhome/ENG/Demo/2nd/05.html#20

p.156:
http://www.umaine.edu/visualperception/summer/

http://www.kyushu-id.ac.jp/~ynhome/ENG/Demo/illusions2nd.html

http://www.kyushu-id.ac.jp/~ynhome/ENG/Demo/2nd/03.html

Hack #48

p.158:
http://www.mindhacks.com/book/48/whitechristmas.mp3

Hack #49

p.160:
~~http://www.hei.org/research/depts/aip/audiodemos.htm~~
http://www.hei.org/research/aip/audiodemos.htm

~~http://www.hei.org/research/depts/aip/increase_channels.mp3~~
http://www.hei.org/research/aip/increase_channels.mp3

p.161:
http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/Chris_Darwin/SWS/

p.162:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1995/02/16/DD31497.DTL

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/mondegreens.shtml

Hack #50

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/frobnicate.html

p.165:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/index.html

~~http://psy.ucsd.edu/chip/pdf/Synaeth_JCS.pdf~~
http://psy.ucsd.edu/chip/pdf/Synaesthesia%20-%20JCS.pdf

http://www.stanford.edu/class/linguist34/Unit_08/blackberry.htm

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.06/es_namemachine.html

Hack #51

p.169:
http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000623

Hack #52

p.170:
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/

p.172:
http://cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu/rgoldsto/cogsci/Feldman.pdf

Chapter 5. Integrating

Hack #53

p.174:
http://neuro.caltech.edu/~lshams/demo.html

p.176:
http://www.niceproject.com/publications/CACM04.pdf

Hack #54

http://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/xmodal/default.htm

Hack #55

p.179:
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Stroop

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/ready.html

p.181:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

Hack #56

p.186:
~~http://www.mpi.nl/world/persons/private/ardi/Rts.htm~~
http://www.nici.ru.nl/~ardiroel/Rts.htm

Hack #57

p.188:
http://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/xmodal/default.htm

Hack #59

p.190:
http://www.media.uio.no/personer/arntm/McGurk_english.html

p.192:
http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/Phonetics%20II%20page%20seventeen.htm

Hack #61

p.198:
http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/people/faculty/pcarruthers/Cognitive-language.htm

http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/people/faculty/pcarruthers/BBS-reply.htm

http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~lds

p.199:
http://www.abacon.com/berk/ica/research.html

Chapter 6. Moving

Hack #69

p.228:
http://perception.st-and.ac.uk/hemispheric/explanation.html

p.230:
http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/Split_Brain/Split_Brain_Consciousness.html

http://www.michaelparker.com/

http://perception.st-and.ac.uk

~~http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/webtwo_features_leftbrain.html~~
http://web.archive.org/web/20040214164445/http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/webtwo_features_leftbrain.html

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/stories/s1137394.htm

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/split.html

http://members.aol.com/sakrug/dualbrain.html

Chapter 7. Reasoning

Hack #70

p.234:
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Zero.html

Hack #71

p.238:
http://www.oakland.edu/enp

http://ams.allenpress.com/pdfserv/i1520-0477-080-07-1385.pdf

p.239:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/327/7417/741

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/hall.shtml

Hack #72

p.242:
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/primer.html

Hack #74

p.250:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

http://ams.allenpress.com/pdfserv/i1520-0477-080-07-1385.pdf

Chapter 8. Togetherness

Hack #75

p.254:
http://tepserver.ucsd.edu:16080/~jlevin/gp

http://psy.ed.asu.edu/~classics/Wertheimer/Forms/forms.htm

Hack #76

p.255:
http://psy.ucsd.edu/chip/illu_mot_capt_grpng.html

http://tepserver.ucsd.edu/~jlevin/gp/time-example-common-fate/

p.256:
~~http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/KDE.HTML~~
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/KDE.HTML

p.257:
http://tepserver.ucsd.edu:16080/~jlevin/gp

Hack #77

p.258:
~~http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/BM.HTML~~
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/BM.HTML

http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/Optical/DancingLights_main.htm

http://www.bml.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Demos/BMLwalker.html

p.260:
http://www.bash.org/?4281

p.261:
http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/bu/demo/chimericwalker/

http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/index.html

p.262:
http://www.perceptionweb.com/perc0303/p5010.pdf

Hack #78

p.263:
http://research.yale.edu/perception/animacy/HS-Blocks-Flash.mov

p.264:
http://research.yale.edu/perception/animacy/HS-Darts-Flash.mov

p.265:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_Razor

Hack #79

p.267:
~~http://www.carleton.ca/~warrent/210/michotte/michotte.html~~
http://web.archive.org/web/20040226172716/http://www.carleton.ca/~warrent/210/michotte/michotte.html

~~http://www.carleton.ca/~warrent/210/michotte/michotte1.html~~
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Narrative/michotte-demo.swf

~~http://www.carleton.ca/~warrent/210/michotte/michotte2.html~~
http://research.yale.edu/perception/causality/temporalGap.mov

http://research.yale.edu/perception/causality/toolEffect.mov

p.268:
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~bs265/demos/causality.html

Hack #80

p.272:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_effect

http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner

Chapter 9. Remembering

Hack #81

p.276:
~~http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lwd613~~
http://journals.iranscience.net:800/www.newscientist.com/www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp@id=lw613

Hack #82

p.279:
http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/popcorn.asp

Hack #83

p.282:
http://www.uplink.com.au/lawlibrary/Documents/Docs/Doc51.html

Hack #84

p.287:
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/tips/tips_0403.html

http://www.search-engine-lists.com/marktwain/unconscious-plagiarism.html

Hack #85

p.291:
http://www.fmsfonline.org

Hack #86

p.294:
http://www.health.uottawa.ca/hkgrad/mllab/cieffe.html

Hack #87

p.298:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture

Hack #89

p.303:
http://www.keeslau.com/TomWaitsSupplement/Lyrics/common.htm

p.304:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/

p.306:
http://eleganthack.com/blueprint/sample.php

Hack #92

p.315:
http://www.coffeegeek.com

~~http://www.bps.org.uk~~
http://www.bps.org.uk/_publicationfiles/thepsychologist%5C0703swri.pdf

http://www.elitetrack.com/caffeine.pdf

Chapter 10. Other People

Hack #94

p.324:
http://www.test.org.uk

http://www.morguefile.com

http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/pullum.learn.html

http://www.emotionsrevealed.com

http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0404/education/140.html

http://www.neuropsychologycentral.com/interface/content/resources/page_material/resources_general_materials_pages/resources_document_pages/neuropsychosocial_factors_in_emotion_recognition.pdf

http://www.neuropsychologycentral.com

http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_08_05_a_face.htm

Hack #95

p.327:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1139554.htm

Hack #96

p.331:
http://www.ptsdalliance.org/home2.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/06/040610081107.htm

Hack #97

p.334:
http://www.lowcoders.net

Hack #98

p.338:
http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~tlc10/bio/pdf_articles/article_index.htm

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/ramachandran/ramachandran_p1.html

p.339:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.j.eacott/cogmem3.txt