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

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 ...

"WWE SmackDown" in Hershey saw Cody Rhodes and general manager Nick Aldis butting heads. A cut in the first round didn't stop the undisputed bantamweight champion. Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones give ...

Experts have shared a mind-boggling optical illusion of a moving white dot, and it’s divided the internet. Lenstore has shared an optical illusion that asks people to follow the dot around for 30 ...

Check out some of these optical illusions, below — and see how you perceive images placed before your eyes. Just how do optical illusions work? "From an evolutionary standpoint, optical illusion is ...

You look at an image of a black circle on a grid of circular dots. It resembles a hole burned into a piece of white mesh material, although it’s actually a flat, stationary image on a screen or piece ...

Today I learned that scientists study optical illusions. I always thought they were just for fun. A team of psychologists studied variations of this “expanding hole” illusion to determine what effects ...

Look closely at this picture. At first glance, you can see a big tortoise in the centre of the image. But look closer, and ...

If staring at this image down below (here’s a big version) makes you feel like you’re being swallowed by a black hole, you’re not alone. According to a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Human ...

Expand the image above to fill your screen and stare at the black blob in the center. (You can also find the original version here.) Most people perceive the blob as ...