Our eyes can frequently play tricks on us, but scientists have discovered that some artificial intelligence can fall for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A head-scratching optical illusion challenges the perception of color and how the brain plays tricks on us. In an image created by the UK contact lens vendor Lenstore, a series of lilac letters ...

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

Our visual experience is constructed from a limited sampling of reality. Although our central vision is incredibly rich in detail and color, our peripheral vision is blurry, colorless, and lacking in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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