Bengamin, Ludy T., Jr., Hopkings, J. Roy, Nation, Jack R.  Psychology.  Macmillan College
     Publishing Company, New York.  1994. 

     We got our original idea for the web page from this, our psychology text.  It has good simple examples and explanations.  It is an excellent starting point. 
 

Luckiesh, M.  Visual Illusions.  Dover Publications, Inc., New York, New York.  1965. 

     This book contained many in depth explanations of several of the illusions.  Although the diagrams are somewhat lacking it is an excellent supplement to the other books. 
 

Restak, Richard M.  M.D.  The Brain.  Bantam Books, Toronto.  1984. 

     The Brain provides more in depth physiological explanations of the visual cortex as well as other parts of the brain.  It is a relatively complex book and contains a vast amount of information on how humans process information, both visual and otherwise. 
 

Rock, Irvin, editor.  The Perceptual World - Readings from Scientific American Magazine.  W. H.
     Freeman and Company, New York.  1990. 

    A selection of works from many of the top researchers in the field of perception.  This was a source of some graphics and complex explanations of the eyes as well as the diagram of the eye. 
 

Simon, Seymour.  The Optical Illusion Book.  William Morrow and Company, New York.  1984. 

     This book is an excellent source of simple illusions and explanations.  We used it for graphics and some of the explanations.  It is quite a fun book to simply leaf through and try out some of the illusions first hand.