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

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One of the most popular photo spots is the Head on a Platter exhibit, where clever positioning and mirrors create the illusion that your disembodied head is being served up like the main course at a ...

Related: The Massive Used Bookstore in New York Where You Can Lose Yourself for Hours These simpler exhibits provide welcome mental palate cleansers between the more intense illusions while keeping ...

When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That's "face pareidolia" and it is a perfectly normal illusion where our brains spot faces ...

Perception researchers have long known about the structural and functional features that differentiate our central vision from our peripheral vision. The central (or foveal) region of our retinas are ...

Duping a guppy is easier than duping a ring dove — at least when it comes to a classic optical illusion. In the Ebbinghaus illusion, two identical circles placed side by side are each framed by a set ...

Chances are you’ve encountered some version of the “Ebbinghaus illusion,” in which a central circle appears to be smaller when encircled by larger circles and seems larger when surrounded by smaller ...

The famous Ebbinghaus illusion, named for its discoverer, the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909). Despite appearances, the two orange circles are the same size. Have you ever looked at ...

Guppies are highly susceptible to the Ebbinghaus illusion. Ring doves? Not so much. For instance, guppies and ring doves diverged hundreds of millions of years ago and hence are phylogenetically ...

Optical illusions occur naturally in different habitats and conditions across the world. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt flats ...