by Mind Tripping Show | Mar 5, 2015 | Christian & Katalina, Things to do Indy
Cari Nierenberg, a reporter for ABC News Medical Unit, may have coined the perfect definition of an optical illusion: “When Your Brain Can’t Believe Your Eyes”. Everything that enters the senses, after all, needs to be interpreted through the brain — and these...
by Mind Tripping Show | Feb 19, 2015 | Mind Trips
Do you realize that we can never keep our eyes really still? In fact, part of what makes an optical illusion happen is the rapid, often imperceptible movements of our eyes. It’s actually that part of our inner ear that senses movement and position (the labyrinth) and...
by Mind Tripping Show | Feb 5, 2015 | Christian & Katalina, Midwest Entertainment
One of the most well-known optical illusions of all time is this old lady/young lady picture. Which do you see first – the old one or the young? They’re both there. Hint: the necklace of the young woman is the mouth of the old one; the nose of the old lady is the...
by Mind Tripping Show | Jan 22, 2015 | Blog
If you’ve tried patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time and failed that challenge, you’re not alone. Try this one, offered in the Boomer Yearbook: While sitting in a chair, lift your right foot off the floor and start it circling clockwise. Got...
by Mind Tripping Show | Jan 15, 2015 | Mind Tripping Pictures
“Don’t let it irk you if you don’t see a particular phenomenon, says vision scientist Michael Bach. For many illusions, there’s a percentage of people with perfectly normal vision who just don’t get it, Bach explains, often for reasons currently unknown. Look again...
