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You Can’t Trust Your Senses
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...
Eyes and Minds Keep Moving
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...
Young and Old Share the Surprise
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...
How Smart Is Your Right Foot?
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...
Don’t Fret About What You Don’t See
“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...
Mind Trip #68: The Hollywood Myth
When we look at celebrities on magazine covers they always look amazing. In fact, we begin to think we must have the worst genes ever! The Hollywood Stars always look beautiful, sexy, and perfect. Well, there is a little secret that you might want to know about. A...