Joseph Jastrow

Joseph Jastrow was a renowned American psychologist known for his research on perception, optical illusions, and the ways the mind interprets visual information. He studied how visual cues and illusions reveal the brain’s interpretative processes, highlighting that perception is not always a direct reflection of reality but shaped by mental factors. Jastrow's work helped illustrate the complexities of human perception, demonstrating that what we see can be influenced by context, expectations, and cognitive biases, emphasizing that our experience of reality involves both sensory input and mental interpretation.