A fascinating concept within the topic of perception is the ability to become deceived by our own minds. The Ames room tells us that human perception is easily distorted and can lead to us seeing things that aren’t really what they appear to be. The Ames room trickers the observer into thinking that the room they are looking into is a regular cubic roo, this is our brain deceiving us into believing something that is not true. With regards to what this tells us about human perception is that we use the context of the situation and past experiences when perceiving any particular situation, which is why we assume the room is a standard room and isn’t an illusion. The art of deception is common amongst illusions, for example, the Ponzo illusion;
