drawing of a geometrical landscape made out of blocks in different shades of purple, dissolving into a mist at the right of the image

About the Centre

abstract image of a brain made up of red, blue, green and red triangles and rectangles

Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience Seminars

Kanisza triangle image

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 Jul

    Macpherson on BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence

    Fiona Macpherson of the CSPE was interviewed on BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence about the Dreamachine live event and Perception Census
  • 12 Jul

    The Perception Census

    The academic and artistic team behind the immersive art experience Dreamachine have launched The Perception Census, an ambitious new scientific study into the unique ways in which we each experience the world around us. The study is led by University of Glasgow's Professor of Philosophy Fiona Macpherson fand Professor Anil Seth from the University of Sussex.
  • 17 Jul

    Macpherson on NewsTalk's FutureProof

    Fiona Macpherson of the CSPE was interviewed on NewsTalk's FutureProof about the Dreamachine live event and Perception Census
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photo of a member of the CSPE team (a black young man) demonstrates illusions to three onlookers at the Glasgow Science Festival

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