Have you ever looked at an image and doubted what your eyes were telling you? Well, you are not the only one because such optical illusions commonly take place when your brain wrongly interprets what ...

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Optical illusions are great fun, and they fool virtually everyone. But have you ever wondered if you could train yourself to unsee these illusions? Our latest research suggests that you can. Optical ...

The Internet erupted in an energetic debate yesterday about whether an ugly dress was blue and black or white and gold, with celebrities from Anna Kendrick (white) to Taylor Swift (black) weighing in.

When we dug something in the ‘90s, we went next level with it. We didn’t just like a thing; we liked the everloving heck out of things with a single-minded obsession (until the next trendy thing came ...

Perception researchers have discovered many illusions where context affects perceived size and distance. A great example of this is the Ponzo illusion (reviewed in an earlier blog post). The Ponzo ...

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by the Ebbinghaus illusion, a classic example of how context can shape what we ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience Even computers can get tricked by optical illusions, a new study finds. Such research may help shed light on how vision ...

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