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 ...

Optical illusions are not merely tricks or viral brain teasers, they reveal the curious disconnect between what we see and what our brain interprets. A flat drawing might come across as ...

Nature has a mischievous side, and sometimes it loves to play tricks on our eyes. The world is full of illusions that look too strange to be real, yet they´re all natural or naturally captured. These ...

From the cigar nestled in the brickwork to 'The Dress', many optical illusions have left viewers around the world baffled over the years. But the latest illusion is arguably one of the most bizarre ...

The optical illusion seen above makes the viewer feel as if they are falling into an expanding hole – and now we have a good explanation for why this happens. Optical tricks can be caused by different ...

The art of optical illusion has been an integral part of painting since antiquity when it was used as a yardstick by which to judge an artist's level of mastery. This book presents a fascinating ...

There are lots of visual illusions: an old woman who turns into a young girl, a drawing that’s either a duck or a rabbit depending on how you look at it, and, need I mention the blue and black, or ...

A reanalysis of a 1919 study suggests that a separate illusion, the "horizon effect," played a bigger role in warping visual perception than dazzle paint. Reading time 3 minutes During World War I, ...

Optical illusions play tricks on your brain and can make you see things that aren't really there, from static images swirling around the page to images that stay with you even after you look away.