Take a look at the picture given below, the image is of a room full of people dancing and celebrating. However, some of them ...

Do you think you have sharp eyes? Try this optical illusion IQ test and spot the hidden needle without getting distracted by the tortoise-and-rabbit race. Only 25 seconds to check how strong your ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Illusions like these mess with the brain's visual processing system, making viewers see things ...

The study of visual illusions in animals provides a compelling window into both the evolutionary continuity and diversity of perceptual processes. Research indicates that many species, from domestic ...

Featuring a blurry image of abstract yellows, oranges, purples and blues, this optical illusion appears pretty plain. It's ...

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

Susana Martinez-Conde is director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. She studies visual illusions to gain a better understanding of how ...

In this Ebbinghaus illusion of relative size perception, the orange circle on the left looks bigger than the one on the right - but it is actually 10 per cent smaller. In a new study, medical imaging ...

Lightness perception, the visual system’s ability to maintain a stable representation of surface reflectance despite varying illumination, has long intrigued researchers. Central to this field is the ...

Optical illusions have gained a lot of popularity recently, as they get our brain to exercise, and can be the perfect test of ...

In the fast-paced world of digital distractions, a new kind of viral phenomenon has taken over our social feeds: the high-stakes visual perception challenge. As a long-time observer of how our brains ...

Hidden letter and number optical illusions are fun because they look easy at first. But once the timer starts, the brain ...