Optical illusions are older than you think. The first optical illusions date back to 20,000 BC and took the form of cave sculptings. Nowadays they are found all over the place – on screens, in books ...

Allen Institute researcher Jerome Lecoq points to one of the diagrams that was used in a study focusing on how the brain interprets optical illusions. (Allen Institute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Our brains ...

Numerous visual illusions are caused by limits in the way our eyes and visual neurones work – rather than more complex psychological processes, new research shows. Researchers examined illusions in ...

An optical illusion featuring a vintage car offers a fascinating glimpse into personal perception. Whether you see the car ...

Visual illusions are designed to fool our brains and eyes. These illusions tend to explore the limitations of our visual system. Illusions occur when our brain fills in missing information to process ...

Preface: The Formation of a Panoramaniac -- Introduction: Moving Panorama-a Missing Medium -- The Incubation Era: Antecedents and Anticipations -- Large as Life, and Moving: The Peristrephic Panorama ...

Our visual system is constantly making assumptions about what we see. In one of my first psychology courses in college, our professor used an effect from Disney's classic Haunted Mansion attraction to ...

Fantasy lovers who are obsessed with Howl's Moving Castle or wish they visit Velaris from the A Court of Thorns and Roses ...