This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In one sense, the main theme of the Being ...

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 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. 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 ...

Our eyes are often tricked by the unexpected, and optical illusions challenge the way we see the world around us. This stunning cityscape is a perfect example, at first glance, it seems like a simple ...

This first-ever synthetic mimicry of human optical illusions was achieved using ionic migration and interaction within solids. It may be possible to use the device to develop compact, energy-efficient ...

Human beings can generate false memories of events mere seconds after they have occurred, a new study has found. The phenomenon, which researchers have dubbed "short-term memory illusions," shows how ...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) system can mimic how people interpret complex optical illusions for the first time, thanks to principles borrowed from the laws of quantum mechanics. Computer vision ...

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 ...

The Parthenon is a gem of ancient Greek architecture for its perfect appearance, but its perfection results from optical ...

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 ...