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The Top 3 Illusions of the Year will be announced on the Contest’s <a href="http://illusionoftheyear.com/" target="_blank">website</a> at 9am on Friday, December 13<sup>th</sup>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>The Best Illusion of the Year <a href="https://illusionoftheyear.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=31742f75c7d96397d9dee170b&id=45488313d3&e=7e260e6cae" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2BAADF'>Contest</span></a>, hosted by the <a href="https://illusionoftheyear.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=31742f75c7d96397d9dee170b&id=cc5d6c0364&e=7e260e6cae" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2BAADF'>Neural Correlate Society</span></a>, is now an online competition, in which anybody with an internet connection (that means YOU!) can vote to pick the Best Illusion of the Year. The Top 10 finalist illusions competing for first, second, and third place have been selected from dozens of entries from countries all around the world. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment:scroll'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>The 1<sup>st</sup> place winning illusion will receive a $3,000 award, the 2<sup>nd</sup> place winner a $2,000 award, and the 3<sup>rd</sup> place winner a $1,000 award.<br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B;background:white'>The Neural Correlate Society thanks the </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://momind.net/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1F61AB;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Museum of Mind</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B;background:white'>, Gold Sponsor of the 2019 Best Illusion of the Year Contest, for its generous support.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B;background:white'>On behalf of the Executive Board of the Neural Correlate Society:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B;background:white'><br>Jose-Manuel Alonso, Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Luis Martinez, Xoana Troncoso, Peter Tse<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------<br>Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Author, <a href="x-msg://2/championsofillusionbook.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Champions of Illusion</span></a> and <a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttp-3A__www.sleightsofmind.com_%26d%3DDwMFAg%26c%3DslrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ%26r%3Dg2Yp4_ao3SNvpe_N-aKotUCw6Uk5ZCFaHS4yfmcUC-E%26m%3DDXCSOfrVF8RiRxxw222LzMlWLE4w8bjHlyBdQlqW200%26s%3DaQcZQB18cQC5Y4VSmK5FveDMw6uaM1M0c4k-USm-F3M%26e%3D&data=02%7C01%7CSusana.Martinez-Conde%40downstate.edu%7C4ff6b6d84e27499b34c008d75c80fbf9%7C22670793760f482993153e427c362e69%7C0%7C0%7C637079581374295223&sdata=F4vAf25dt%2Bt3qUndttBZhmVY6kQswHANcGtY%2FdNxDUo%3D&reserved=0"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Sleights of Mind</span></a><br>Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Physiology & Pharmacology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2014 <i>Society for Neuroscience</i>’s Science Educator Award<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2014 Empire Innovator Scholar <br>State University of New York (SUNY)<br>Downstate Health Sciences University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn NY 11203, USA<br>Email: <a href="mailto:smart@neuralcorrelate.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>smart@neuralcorrelate.com</span></a><br>Phone: <a href="tel:%2B1%20718-270-4520" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>+1 718-270-4520</span></a><br><a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttp-3A__smc.neuralcorrelate.com%26d%3DDwMFAg%26c%3DslrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ%26r%3Dg2Yp4_ao3SNvpe_N-aKotUCw6Uk5ZCFaHS4yfmcUC-E%26m%3DDXCSOfrVF8RiRxxw222LzMlWLE4w8bjHlyBdQlqW200%26s%3DKATdyZA41wbtJjQw0aQ-muILTCtWazvhDIkKlt_7RFc%26e%3D&data=02%7C01%7CSusana.Martinez-Conde%40downstate.edu%7C4ff6b6d84e27499b34c008d75c80fbf9%7C22670793760f482993153e427c362e69%7C0%7C0%7C637079581374295223&sdata=kUseYHHgKR%2B6fvIACCmFFUChup93nVdjjHp1Jqum3KM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://smc.neuralcorrelate.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>