Optical illusions come in all forms, from mind-melting artwork to photography trickery, but there's one style that never fails to perplex the internet – the humble colour illusion. Fooling the brain ...
Optical illusions come in all forms, from mind-melting artwork to photography trickery, but there's one style that never fails to perplex the internet – the humble colour illusion. Fooling the brain ...
Optical illusions are older than you think. The first optical illusions date back to 20,000 BC and took the form of cave sculptings. Nowadays they are found all over the place – on screens, in books ...
Lately, I’ve been thinking a bit about the “Haunted Painting Effect.” That’s my own name for a certain kind of optical illusion that periodically surfaces online. The most commonly circulated examples ...
Most people use the terms “optical illusion” and “visual illusion” interchangeably. “That’s a pet peeve of mine,” says Pascal Wallisch, a neuroscientist and psychology professor at New York University ...
A brown jacket and small two-toned T-shirt hang side by side on a washing line. Together, they form the unmistakable shape of a cow standing in a vast golden field. The sleeves hang like legs, and the ...