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	Recent Publications on Sensory Substitution or Vision Substitution
		The existence of an illusion effect when using such a device supports the idea of a visual perception provided by sensory substitution, whereas the attenuation of the vertical-horizontal illusion strength is consistent with the visual field shape theory (Künnapas, 1955a).
		The absence of the illusion effect in early blind subjects suggests that the sensory experience influences the nature of perception and that the visual experience plays a crucial role in the vertical-horizontal illusion, in accordance with the size-constancy scaling theory (Gregory, 1963).
		Blind (n = 6) and sighted blindfolded controls (n = 5) were scanned before and after they were trained to use their tongue in a Snellen orientation detection task.
	www.seeingwithsound.com /newpubs/sensory_substitution/cached.html (3786 words)

	Transcending Fantasy Realities and The Seven Veils of Illusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Illusion is a form of veil that causes one to perceive the veil as true and accurate rather than the truth that is so behind the veil.
		The Illusion of Blind Trust is related to the second Root Fear of Sexuality and Emotions and The Arrogance of Inflexibility along with the second chakra region.
		Whereas the fourth illusion is the result of the unwillingness to let go of the necessary attachment in order to ascend, the fifth illusion is the result of an unwillingness to release all ownership in order to ascend.
	www.ascendpress.org /articles/transmissions2/A1MHarm8.html (9838 words)

	The Great Illusion (Blind Retrieves)
		One or two dogs, sometimes more, will usually "line the blind." These dogs get a good initial line and run straight and true, with seeming disregard for the layout of terrain, cover, and water, all the way to the bird—which is likely to be 300 yards or more away.
		Keeping the remainder of the blind simple accomplishes two things: it helps make the lesson as clear as possible, and it rewards the dog for staying with you through the hazard, by giving him a familiar task at which he can be successful.
		Don’t be fooled by the illusion into disregarding the difficulties that terrain, wind, cover, and water pose for your dog—allow for him to be fallible, understand the challenges he faces, and he will give you the best he has to give.
	www.oakhillkennel.com /library/illus1.html (2159 words)

	BNR Metal Pages -- Blind Illusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Blind Illusion was a legendary SF Bay Area metal band for years, going through many lineups and style changes prior to their first release (progressive rock among them).
		The original lineup (formed around 1979) consisted of vocalist David Godfrey (later of Heathen), guitarist Mark Biedermann, bassist Alvin Petty, and drummer Bret Hern.
		Currently he is living in northern California and amongst his projects are re-releasing The Sane Asylum, releasing the unreleased second album (The Medicine Show, apparently featuring Claypool and LaLonde), recording a third Blind Illusion album, and assorted other metal music projects.
	www.bnrmetal.com /groups/blil.htm (170 words)

	Blind Illusion - Metal
		All of that introduction is necessary to show that while it might be easy to succeed in rock with a diminished melody whine for vocals and bouncy, "unexpected" rhythmic twists to your funk-influenced hard rock, metal is a different art.
		Blind Illusion, as speed metal comparable to a Megadeth-Nuclear Assault hybrid that inherited too much Motorhead and Grand Funk Railroad, attempts metal that uses the devices of rock without ever finding its own voice.
		Blind Illusion do less of this than they shift rock riffs into an advanced system of offbeats through selectively dropping down and repeating, speed metal style, a muffled chord, using the irregularity of that application in the bar to emphasize certain offtime matches.
	www.anus.com /metal/blind_illusion.html (265 words)

	Recent Publications on Substitution Device
		Using positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose, regional brain glucose metabolism was measured in the occipital cortex of early blind subjects and blindfolded controls who were trained to use this prosthesis.
		The metabolic recruitment of the occipital cortex in early blind subjects using a substitution prosthesis could reflect a concurrent stimulation of functional cross-modal sensory connections.
		Given the unfamiliarity of the task, it could be interpreted as a prolonged plasticity in the occipital cortex early deprived of visual afferences.
	www.seeingwithsound.com /newpubs/substitution_device/cached.html (1835 words)

	Unit Plan: Tchng Nat. of Sci.- Illusions
		Blind Spot: ask your students to take a blank sheet of paper (provide some scratch paper for those in need), and place their open hand in the middle of the sheet.
		However, this must be an illusion, since we have so much compelling evidence showing species arising from other species, and that even whole groups of organisms must have descended from other groups, and this over very long periods of time, i.e.
		For that reason, people who practice the art of creating illusions professionally ("magicians" and "sleight of hand artists") are sometimes even better equipped to see through illusory phenomena, especially if they are intentional, as perpetrated by hoaxers and con artists.
	www.indiana.edu /~ensiweb/lessons/unt.illu.html (1723 words)

	Blind spots
		Because of this, you should have a "blind spot" (actually two, one for each eye), a place pretty much in the middle of what you can see where you can't see.
		Maybe the blind spot for one eye is at a different place than the blind spot for the other (this is actually true), so you don't notice it because each eye sees what the other doesn't.
		Alright, you say, that's kind of neat, but maybe the brain isn't "making it up." It just knows to put white where the blind spot is. Let's try another situation and see what happens.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /bb/blindspot1.html (585 words)

	You Say It's Your Birthday: Les Claypool of Primus in Addicted to Noise, September 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Blowing out birthday candles today is Primus frontman Les Claypool, born 34 years ago today in Richmond, Calif. Primus are best known for single handedly bringing prog-rock back from the dead in the early '90s, with Claypool's frantic bass thwacking marking their signature sound.
		It was during his stint in Blind Illusion that Claypool became obsessed with Rush, frantically studying Geddy Lee's fingering on the bass.
		Blind Illusion went on to cut a CD entitled The Sane Asylum on Combat Records.
	www.ram.org /music/primus/articles/les_bday_atn.html (654 words)

	NOVA Online \| Secrets of the Mind \| Visual Mind Games
		If the illusion doesn't work for you, try aiming your blind spot at a single fl-white edge (such as the edge of a fl book on a white background) and you will see it complete itself.
		You may need to "hunt" for the blind spot by moving your face to and fro several times until the disk disappears.
		Amazingly, when the blind spot is aimed at the center of a "bicycle wheel," no gap is seen.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/mind/games.html (718 words)

	Blind Illusion - Biography - AOL Music
		Formed in late-'70s San Francisco by vocalist David Godfrey, guitarist Mike Biederman, bassist Alvin Petty, and drummer Brett Hern, Blind Illusion were for years one of the Bay Area's most popular underground metal bands.
		Released the same year by English indie Music for Nations, The Sane Asylum was a quite unique, highly technical thrash metal album, but it ultimately got lost in the Bay Area thrash scene shuffle, and the bandmembers soon went their separate ways.
		Rumor also has it that a second Blind Illusion album entitled The Medicine Show is in the can and awaiting release.
	music.aol.com /artist/blind-illusion/424299/biography (245 words)

	Religion F4: Glynn - Theists Live Better
		Many atheists think that religious beliefs started as a "defense mechanism" in primitive humanity's struggle against nature -- or as an "infantile illusion" and projection of a father figure.
		{ 1 } - it would be a big coincidence if such a blind "illusion" were to give, even today, such impressive psychological and medical benefits.
		{ 2 } - it would be difficult to understand why atheism, if it cures an "illusion," brings such harmful psychological and medical penalties.
	www.jcu.edu /philosophy/gensler/RE/r-f4--0b.htm (448 words)

	Neuroscience for Kids - Vision Exp.
		The blind spot is the area on the retina without receptors that respond to light.
		To draw the blind spot tester on a piece of paper, make a small dot on the left side separated by about 6-8 inches from a small + on the right side.
		M.C. Escher who is known for his drawings of illusions and impossible figures.
	faculty.washington.edu /chudler/chvision.html (3088 words)

	history
		He joined the rock band, called Blind Illusion, based on the fact that he owned a bass.
		While they were auditioning for a new drummer, Todd quit because he felt that he was neglecting his family by being on the road all of the time.
		Les joined Blind Illusion for a third time, filling in for the normal bass player.
	home.maine.rr.com /luckymammoth/phistory.htm (1696 words)

	CD Baby: MIND GONE BLIND: World of Lies
		From the opening hook of Unknown to the delicate piano outro of Blind Faith, this disc displays the mature yet energetic writing and playing of a band whose talents remain a very well kept secret to all but the privilaged few...
		Unknown is my favourite although Blind Faith is a close second.They are different styles but really make you appreciate this bands undoubted ability.A must for all rock lovers and anyone else who appreciates good music.
		My favourite track has to be No.6 Blind Faith as it shows just how amazing these guys are and how they can incorporate such versatility throughout their albums.
	cdbaby.com /cd/mindgoneblind (668 words)

	Double-Blind Studies
		Finally, illusions caused by the nature of statistics are very common.
		Perhaps the trickiest statistical illusion of all relates to what are called observational studies.
		The impact of blinding on the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled multiple sclerosis clinical trial.
	www.mendosa.com /bratman.htm (4523 words)

	CMT.com : Les Claypool : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Although Hammett asked Claypool to join a band he was in, he opted for another group in his high school, progressive metallists Blind Illusion, while broadening his musical horizons by playing in jazz and swing bands.
		Although the trio instantly created an underground following in the San Francisco area, Primus was put on hold when Huth left and Claypool returned to Blind Illusion (whose sound now resembled a thrash metal band), and appeared on the group's lone album, The Sane Asylum, on Combat Records.
		His return to Blind Illusion didn't last long, but he met a kindred musical spirit in BI's guitarist, Larry LaLonde.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/les_claypool/bio.jhtml (570 words)

	Amazon.com: More Optical Illusions: Books: Al Seckel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With a clear description of what each illusion is and how to see it, More Optical Illusions will stimulate readers to advance their understanding of this fascinating area of study where art and science blur together.
		While these illusions easily grab the attention of people of all ages and artistic as well as technical background;Seckel gives explanations,at least where they can be explained,to tell what makes the illusion work.
		The illusions are beautifully presented on each glossed page with enough white-space for breathing room, while not too much to be considered a waste of page area.
	www.amazon.com /More-Optical-Illusions-Al-Seckel/dp/1842224875 (1250 words)

	Visual Illusions Gallery : Index
		Illusions in visual perception occur when experiences, which people report, do not correspond to physical measurements of stimuli.
		Humans would not have successfully adapted to survive and thrive in the environment of earth if there were not psychophysical correspondence between distal stimuli and most experiences.
		Illusions are instances which lack correspondence and these instances can be very informative in helping us to understand how we are structured, how we function, and how we can best represent the world around us.
	dragon.uml.edu /psych/illusion.html (386 words)

	Blind Illusion : Sane Asylum - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		A secret supergroup of sorts, now best-known for once containing two-thirds of what would become Primus (those being guitarist Larry LaLonde and bassist Les Claypool), San Francisco's Blind Illusion had been active in one shape or another for nearly a decade before issuing their lone album, Sane Asylum, in 1988.
		And, given the band's long history, one can better understand why their music certainly drank from the local scene's then-prevalent thrash metal fountain (see finger-bleeding workouts like "Vengeance Is Mine" and "Smash the Crystal"), but never fully subscribed to its rules.
		If only these elements hadn't been stunted by a less than stellar production job, which replicates speed metal's ultra-compressed sound and nearly buries Claypool's trademark busy fingerwork in the process, the end result might have proved more powerful.
	www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,3120021,00.html (362 words)

	TIME.com: The New Pictures -- Jan. 26, 1948 -- Page 1
		A rich San Francisco music lover (Merle Oberon) decides that what poor, blind, bitter Composer Dana Andrews needs, if he is ever to finish his concerto, is the love of a girl whom he can't feel is pitying him.
		She pretends to be blind and poor; Dana falls for her, and his genius starts boiling.
		He falls for her again but this time neither of them is happy, for both feel that the blind girl is being treated shabbily.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,779671,00.html (809 words)

	DDTM Links, Death, Doom & Thrash Metal Band Pages BLIND ILLUSION
		, he is either heavily involved with the recording/writing of the second and third Blind Illusion LP`s else he has not been heard of for a time and is rumored to have attempted suicide.
		I now have it from a couple of different sources that Mark Beidermann was not suicidal and was or is involved in the re-release of `The Sane Asylum` and the recording / writing of the 2nd and 3rd Blind Illusion Lp`s, (possibly with the help of Les Claypool).
		Well as far as I know BLIND ILLUSION was formed around 1978 by Marc Biederman, were you in the band in the early beginning or did you join them later?
	www.fielding46.freeserve.co.uk /Bands/B/Blind-Illusion.htm (1220 words)

	Amazing Dots
		It is an after image effect - move your head slightly, and the dots will reappear...
		This illusion was designed by Jeremy L Hinton of Bristol, UK, and this illusion - with a lot more explanation and many other illusions as well - can be found at the web site of Michael Bach.
		If you liked this illusion, have a look at the Hollow Face Illusion...
	www.grand-illusions.com /amazingdots.htm (74 words)

	Les Claypool Bass Guitars
		Originally called Primate, Primus consisted of guitarist Todd Huth and drummer Jay Lane in addition to Claypool, who also contributed vocals (in a strange sing/speak style, almost a kin to a narrator) in addition to bass.
		His return to Blind Illusion didn't last long, but he met a kindred musical spirit in Blind Illusion's guitarist, Larry LaLonde.
		By 1989, a new Primus lineup was formed -- Claypool, LaLonde, and new drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander, and not long after their first album was issued -- the live set "Suck on This".
	www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com /rock/claypool.htm (591 words)

	NIDEK - Blind Spot
		If a ray of light comes through the lens of your eye and is focused on this area, the brain receives no information.
		This area is readily detected with the most simple visual field test, and is more properly called the "Physiologic Blind Spot" to distinguish it from damaged areas of the retina.
		Cover your right eye and stare at the red circle on the right with your left eye.
	www.nidek.com /blind.html (148 words)

	Walmart.com - Music Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		29 September 1963, USA; bass, ex-Blind Illusion), seven drummers passed through before Tim "Herb" Alexander settled in, with Larry Lalonde (b.
		12 September 1968; guitar, ex-Blind Illusion, Possessed), replacing original guitarist Todd Huth shortly before the band recorded their debut.
		Musically, they are highly talented and original, mixing funk, punk, thrash, metal and rock in their own intense manner, once described by Claypool as "psychedelic polka".
	www.walmart.com /swap/LoadArtistBio.do?artistId=8822 (514 words)

	Amazon.com: The Sane Asylum: Music: Blind Illusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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	www.amazon.com /Sane-Asylum-Blind-Illusion/dp/B00095NXNM (853 words)

	High Fryers in Metal Forces #54
		It was during their stint together in the latter fine outfit that Les convinced Larry to trade in his inverted crosses and fl leather for a more tranquil bong and joss-sticks lifestyle.
		At the time I was playing with Larry in BLIND ILLUSION and we'd become good friends so I invited him to join PRIMUS.
		Now although Claypool is a seasoned pro, his involvement with the late lamented BLIND ILLUSION turned out to be something of an eye opener for the bassist.
	www.ram.org /music/primus/articles/high_fryers.html (1610 words)

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