It's a funhouse for our perceptions, built for the TikTok age. But the visual tricks are windows into how the mind works, and they fascinate scientists. "The brain uses all the information it can get ...

Prior research has produced mixed results on the question of animals and their susceptibility to optical illusions, per the ...

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by ...

Hinnerck Schultz-Hildebrant discovered the new optical illusion "When Purple Perceived Only at Fixation" which shows purple areas display their true purple color, when directly observed but turn blue ...

New York — At the Museum of Illusions in New York City, around every corner is a wonder for the eyes. There's a vase that's a face, art that moves with you, and a room that seems to go on forever.