We love a good optical illusion here at Creative Bloq, and this has to be one of the best. It's a classic illusion that was first written about way back in 1861, and it continues to baffle people ...

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It's not always easy having to switch your sharp vision on and trying to work out what's happening in an optical illusion. Recently, people were struggling to spot the hidden image, while only those ...

The Hering illusion is exemplified by the perceived curvature of the straight lines near the vanishing point in the center of the drawing. The optical illusion occurs because our brains are predicting ...

Not everyone can understand the purpose of an optical illusion. But some puzzles are definitely confusing, whether it's a brainteaser you need "detective" skills for, or just a little challenge to ...

The American Journal of Psychology (AJP) was founded in 1887 by G. Stanley Hall and was edited in its early years by Titchener, Boring, and Dallenbach. The Journal has published some of the most ...

You could easily spend a while staring at this tricky image, but are you able to work out what's going on in the 'irritating' optical illusion within a few seconds? Can you figure out what's going on?

Optical illusions play tricks on your brain and can make you see things that aren't really there, from static images swirling around the page to images that stay with you even after you look away.