This mind-bending illusion tests your perception of depth and dominance. Whether you see the man in red or grey on top ...

You have to see it to believe it, they say. But can we really trust our eyes?The answer is not quite. It was found that our eyes can trick our brains into believing things that aren’t there and vice ...

Do animals see illusions like we do? A study tests guppies and doves to find out how different species process visual tricks.

Our perception of how large or small things are in the world is systematically influenced for how we perceive distance or depth. This is most famously shown by the Ponzo Illusion (discovered by Mario ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality.

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 ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality.

Perception researchers have discovered many illusions where context affects perceived size and distance. A great example of this is the Ponzo illusion (reviewed in an earlier blog post). The Ponzo ...

Hannah Hampton was not supposed to make it as a professional athlete. The doctors told her it would not be possible. That professional sport was not meant for someone like her. In Hampton’s case, ...

Hannah Hampton was not supposed to make it as a professional athlete. The doctors told her it would not be possible. That professional sport was not meant for someone like her. In Hampton’s case, ...