A captivating optical illusion, the rabbit-duck image offers valuable insights into how our brains operate. Depending on ...

A new optical illusion is going viral online, forcing people to put on their thinking caps to solve the puzzle. It shows three straight horizontal lines stacked vertically and asks a basic question: ...

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While new optical illusions go viral all the time, here are some of the most famous illusions that have kept us scratching our heads for years.

All over the world, there are naturally occurring optical illusions that captivate spectators. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt ...

We trust our brains to do a lot. From remembering birthdays to making sure you never forget an embarrassing moment that happened years ago, we can’t avoid what it chooses to focus on — and what it ...

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 ...

How optical illusions work has been long-debated among scientists and philosophers, who wonder whether these illusions stem from neural processing in the eye or involve higher-level cognitive ...

Do you do the verbal legwork? Optical illusions can be more than just frivolous pursuits: This “long-legged” optical illusion reportedly determines whether the viewer is a good communicator or not, ...

Optical illusions are great fun, and they fool virtually everyone. But have you ever wondered if you could train yourself to unsee these illusions? Our latest research suggests that you can. Optical ...

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 ...