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 ...

Your brain is lying to you right now. Not maliciously, and not because something’s wrong with it. It’s doing exactly what ...

Optical illusions and puzzles share overlapping vibes. Mental trickery, ‘aha’ moments, cross-eyed frustration. Did you know that the Neural Correlate Society holds an annual contest for the Best ...

This year marks the 16th edition of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest, hosted by the Neural Correlate Society since 2005. In the contest, cognitive scientists and visual artists from around the ...

Forget that AI action figure trend. Using an optical illusion to make someone look like a doll trapped in toy packaging is much more creative. When I first saw the video below, I thought there must be ...

Forget that AI action figure trend. Using an optical illusion to make someone look like a doll trapped in toy packaging is much more creative. When I first saw the video below, I thought there must be ...

The 12-sided Infinity Dodecahedron is one of many mirrored illusions at the Museum of Illusions St. Louis at City Foundry. When looking inside the shape the refractions appear to go on infinitely. The ...

Susana Martinez-Conde is director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. She studies visual illusions to gain a better understanding of how ...

If you ever checked out a book on optical illusions from your local library as a kid, you probably saw the classic Schröder’s stairs illusion: a 2D illustration of zig-zag lines that creates the ...