An optical illusion is a puzzle in which the image in front of you possesses a different perception. These illusions are ...

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 ...

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 ...

You'd be forgiven for thinking this makes the optical illusion easier to understand, but if anything, it makes it all the ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception. By Katrina Miller Take a look at this video of a waiting ...

This optical illusion will test your ability to assess, analyse, and spot what stands out in the pool of similar-looking ...

People have been left scratching their heads after seeing a black and white image of a horse transform into colour in front ...

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 ...

New York — At the Museum of Illusions in New York City, around every corner is a wonder for the eyes. There's a vase that's a face, art that moves with you, and a room that seems to go on forever.

An optical illusion is a type of visual phenomenon in which the illusion puzzles the eye and brain into perceiving something ...

In 1906, biologists Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that illuminated the physical structures of the human brain. Working ...