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Pascal Wallisch, NYU Professor of Psychology and Data Science, answers the internet's burning questions about illusions. What is motion-induced blindness? How do mirages happen? What's the explanation for "The Dress"? How did they make the Tupac hologram? Pascal answers all these questions and much more!


Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Brad Wickham
Editor: Joshua Pullar
Expert: Pascal Wallisch

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Producer: Justin Wolfson
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Claudio Corredor

Sound: Brett Van Deusen
Production Assistant: Ralphy Vasquez

Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Paul Tael


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[PascalWallisch]

Thanks for having me on the show. Hopefully, it was sufficiently interesting/helpful.

[jopo]

This guy is so good at this, he's actually wearing a red plaid shirt.

[mallie.b]

Pascal!! The best professor I had at NYU! Can’t express in words how happy I am to see him in-front of more eyes. The best of the best

[HouseHooligan]

“Our brains are immodest” is a great phrase

[hnwcfyy]

My guy treated it like a speedrun while still being incredibly informative and concise. Thanks so much!

[Quinnzel]

I like how he said he was going to ruin ducks for everyone and then made them 10x better.

[nreggente]

One of my favorite instructors of all time. When I was a student at NYU, I took his sensation and perception class and it altered my entire life trajectory. Watching this was a fantastic reminder of how efficiently he communicates these sometimes dense concepts merely by exuding his palpable passion about how insightful these illusions can be with regards to the way the brain is creating models of external inputs.

[AsiaDanceScene]

Love how he is willing to admit that there are things we still don't know. Definitely am important thing to communicate: there are always more things to discover

[johndarylaocampo]

The most beloved Psychology Professor at NYU. WE STAN PASCAL <3 <3 <3

[beyoncenoona]

20:40 this is why some stores have bigger shopping carts, people tend to buy more when they don't think they're buying that much.

[giovannimai]

This should be a series... like the one with the body language guy. The man knows his stuff.

[rubycat]

I have ALWAYS seen the dress as black & blue. Never understood how anyone could see different. To find out only night owls see black & blue is really interesting because I am an EXTREME night owl with a severe circadian rhythm sleep disorder.
Thank you for such a fascinating vid. I'd like to see more like this.

[anshmundra]

had him as my prof last sem for my data science class. hands down, he is one of the best at NYU. his passion for teaching and learning shines through in every second.

[rachaelwitkowski]

I came for the dress question but found myself engrossed in this ENTIRE video! I loved this way of explaining it so it’s easy to understand.

[marcor]

We need more people like this. Who can actually teach. As in deconstruct complex knowledge and tell it in an understandable way. This is a gift that many people lack.

[AnkitaBhanot]

My eyes lit up seeing Pascal in this video. I took two classes with him at NYU and they were delightful. He somehow made advanced statistics interesting and had such a bright and vibrant personality! His research on psychopaths and music is fascinating. Love seeing you doing well, Pascal! 😊

[OfficialSamuelC]

I wish these episodes were an hour long of these experts sharing their knowledge, I can never get enough of them!

[myname-mzlo]

i love how deliberate scientists are with word choices . they use the best possible word for the context and its verry satisfying as a person with aspergers. no misscomunications for once .

[Masterfrogg]

The dress is blowing my mind all over again because I have NEVER managed to see the picture as black and blue, ever, until just now when he showed me the original dress and then the picture right after.

[Tselel]

10:26 Loving the existential horror of, "You are a brain encased in bone with no direct reference to the outside world."