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May 27, 2024 · Artists and scientists have been creating optical illusions for centuries. Here are 32 mind-bending examples that prove you can't always trust what your eyes are telling you.
- Patrick Pester
Oct 26, 2016 · How liars create the ‘illusion of truth’. 26 October 2016. Tom Stafford. Features correspondent. Getty Images. Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not....
- The Jellybean and The Cup
- Rotating Snakes
- Ames Room
- 3D Schröder Staircase
- Young Woman Or Old Woman?
- What Do You See in The Tree?
- #TheDress
Congratulations if you kept up with the jellybean, but the chances are you might have missed the fifth hand, the fox and the change in colour of the cups. So what's going on? This illusion shows we don't pay attention to everything that's going on, even in simple scenes, Dr Spehar says. "As you are tracking the movement of the cups, your attentiona...
This is a static image. Or is it? The image appears to move, but if you stare at the central point, it stops moving. So what's going on? Known as rotating snakes, this illusion triggers receptors in your retina that are responsible for detecting movement in your peripheral vision. Dr Spehar says we don't exactly know how this illusion works, but it...
This is just an ordinary room. Or is it? Instead of being shaped like a box, the back wall of an Ames room is on an angle. In this example from Catalyst, the right-hand corner is closer to us than the left-hand corner, so it distorts our view of Lily. When she stands on the right she looks like a giant, but when she moves to the left she appears to...
The 3D Schröder staircase, created by Japanese mathematician Kokichi Sugihara, was the winner of last year's Best Illusion of the Yearcontest. "I made this optical illusion as an experimental material to examine the brain behaviour that, when seeing a 2D picture mixed with a real 3D object, perceives the picture part as 3D too," Dr Sugihara says on...
Like the Necker Cube, this classic illusion is an ambiguous figure. You can only see one woman at a time. Which do you see? Ambiguous figures test what's known as figure-ground perception. You can either see the figure or the ground, but never both at the same time. "If you see a younger woman, you can't see the old woman, and if you see the old wo...
The ability to see faces, or other objects, in random patterns is known as pareidolia. Look carefully and you'll see faces all around us; in trees, rocks, clouds, the Moon and dodgy photos of paranormal phenomena on the internet. Pareidolia is an unusual illusion in the sense that the brain is creating something from a lot of noise, says psychologi...
In 2015, a badly lit photo of a sparkly striped dress took the internet by storm. "It caused such disagreement about what a very simple stimulus actually showed," Dr Cropper says. Were the stripes blue and black or white and gold? "If you see that dress in real life there is no question about what the colour it is," Dr Cropper says. "It's only beca...
- Genelle Weule
Jun 22, 2020 · “Reality” is constructed by your brain. Here’s what that means, and why it matters. What the science of visual illusions can teach us about our polarized world. by Brian Resnick. Jun 22, 2020,...
- Brian Resnick
These illusions deceive our senses, distorting our perception of reality and revealing the intricate workings of the human mind. We delve into what perceptual illusions are, their underlying causes, various types, and provide illustrative examples to elucidate their captivating nature.
Jul 1, 2020 · To celebrate CuriOdyssey’s outdoor zoo and outdoor, contact-less science exhibition Illusions opening, we are sharing some of the illusions you’ll see – we recommend using a ruler to check these illusions, they are so good at tricking your brain with the science of perception that you won’t believe your eyes.
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Mar 29, 2016 · While some magicians would like you to believe that they possess real magical powers, the true secret behind magic lies in clever psychological techniques that exploit limitations in the way our...
