This image contains a horse which you need to spot within 15 seconds of viewing time. The problem presents itself as a ...

Illusions are perceptual experiences that do not match physical reality, and the 2023 Illusion of the Year contest produced a variety of nifty ones that are worth checking out. A video for each is ...

Our brains create false perceptions through these illusions, which make us see things that do not exist while they distort ...

A study on the illusion titled "The Eye Pupil Adjusts to Illusorily Expanding Holes" has been published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. For 86% of people, looking at the central black ...

As the internet continues to grapple with the disorienting knowledge that everything in the world might actually be a cake in disguise, make-up artist Mimi Choi is here to remind us that things could ...

Researchers have developed an ionic artificial vision device capable of increasing the edge contrast between the darker and lighter areas of an mage in a manner similar to that of human vision. This ...

For as long as we’ve existed, we’ve crafted illusions to stretch the boundaries of what we know. From the myths of Prometheus and golems to the mechanical marvel of the Turk, humanity has built ...

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Most of us accept that our senses can be deceived through illusion. After all, our brain is simply attempting to organize information and fill in the gaps.[1] Illusion is defined as something that is ...

Scientists have studied a famous optical illusion to gain an understanding of how our brains process reality. The research published in the journal JNeurosci centered around the Pinna-Brelstaff motion ...