When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Illusions like these mess with the brain's visual processing system, making viewers see things ...

Having a distorted perspective is normal during a dream, and the Museum of Illusions in Kansas City can turn that dream into a reality. The museum in Union Station is an interactive space with ...

Prepare to have your mind blown by jaw-dropping optical illusions! 🚀 In this captivating video, I showcase 4 incredible ...

Researchers shot lasers into brain cells and triggered illusions on demand—a breakthrough that’s rewriting how we see the ...

A Nature Neuroscience study finds that special "illusion-encoding" neurons in the brain's visual cortex fill in missing ...

Reddit users were left baffled after a photo of a floral-patterned couch went viral, challenging them to find a lighter hidden in plain sight.

Even computers can get tricked by optical illusions, a new study finds. Such research may help shed light on how vision works in the brain, and lead to better computer recognition of images, ...

This brain-frazzling optical illusion is enough to put your head into a spin. The purple-and-yellow image looks as though it’s both three-dimensional and moving but is in fact stationary and flat.

If you are someone who enjoys solving complex visual puzzles, then take this challenge. The fox might be camouflaging very ...

In my last article, I introduced the concept of brain illusions whereby people can “adopt” a fake hand as their own, and I mentioned how people with eating disorders are much more susceptible to this ...

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.