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About the Centre

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Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience Seminars

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Illusion of the Fortnight Seminar

an artwork with a phantastic blue human eye surrounded by neuron tendrils, which also resembles a galaxy

Projects and Collaborations

News and Events

  • 24 Jan

    Augmented Reality Workshops

    The Augmented Reality Workshops that we are running as part of our Royal Society of Edinburgh Augmented Reality Network will begin in January 2022 and continue every two months until November 2023
  • 21 Sep

    GESS Education Awards 2021

    Edify is shortlisted in the GESS (Global Education Supplies and Solutions) Education Dubai Awards 2021 in the category of Best Digital/VR/AI Product.
  • 09 Sep

    THE Shortlist 2021

    Professor Fiona Macpherson and Dr Neil McDonnell have been shortlisted in the Knowledge Exchange / Transfer Initiative of the Year category in this year’s Times Higher Education Awards, for their work in developing the Edify virtual reality platform and its deployment – to the benefit of hundreds of students – during the pandemic.
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Public Engagement

photo of two young men (a black man in dark clothes and a white man in a black jumper with a rabbit on it) behind a table full of cards and documents. On their right (left of the picture) a banner much taller than the men with a purple logo and purple text: 'Centre for the study of perceptual experience'

Research and Study Opportunities

abstract painting of blue circles seen at different angles in three separate bright yellow sections, arranged in such a manner that the three sections seems to be 3-dimensional cylinders moving towards each other

The Illusions Index

a crop from a charcoal drawing with hands over a woman's eyes, a chalkboard with key words and a nude in fetal position

Extreme Imagination Art Exhibition

photo of outdoors: a panoramic view of a grey gothic tower (the university of Glasgow) with lush greenery in the foreground and blue sky with white fluffy clouds in the background

Additional Resources