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This website gives good "demonstrations that we live in a brain-constructed world."

You are given quite a few optical illusions and explanations as to why our brain tricks us into seeing or not seeing things.

Particularly important to this class are the light trick illusions.  The lighting of the crime is very important when determining the reliability of an eyewitness identification.  For example, if the crime happened in the middle of the night and there is very little light, an eyewitness may report that they saw every fine detail of the perpetrator when in fact this is likely untrue.  When sufficient light is not available and visibility is limited, the brain is given incomplete information.  Therefore, if the brain is given incomplete information, it is likely that the witness will fill in the gaps with previous experiences and information, making the identification less reliable.    

I'm not sure if the lighting is documented along with all of the other information that is initially document at the scene, but if it is not, it should be!