These ‘top 12 perceptual illusions’ will have your brain pleading for mercy
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7. The Dynamic Ebbinghaus: The orange circle doesn’t change size. https://t.co/wReYo1466M pic.twitter.com/B7CtNBDQwc
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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8. The Dynamic Müller-Lyer Illusion: The vertical black, green, and blue lines don’t change size. https://t.co/bDyeOKXgbC pic.twitter.com/duaY20axxE
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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9. You can make the train change direction. https://t.co/n8AzuhJx26 pic.twitter.com/BhVJrXrbIh
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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10. Rotating Rings: Every time you switch from looking at one wheel to looking at the other, they both change direction. https://t.co/IdAQGgXsJi pic.twitter.com/682GbM9KyK
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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11. The Spinning Dancer https://t.co/3GAwtsnVAL
If you look at the dancer on the left and the one in the middle, the one in the middle spins clockwise.
If you look at the dancer on the *right* and the one in the middle, the one in the middle spins counterclockwise. pic.twitter.com/UJpbpNcXHA
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
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12. Stare at the centre of the top image for 20 seconds then look at the bottom image… pic.twitter.com/l40EbUBwIL
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 11, 2018
And it didn’t end there, as people shared their own favourites.
Not more, we can’t take anymore. Make it stop!
My favorite illusion is this one: pic.twitter.com/N9i979jFAm
— Mercurial Serpent (@HgSerpent) October 12, 2018
I would like to add my favourite illusion.
* Put your nose to the screen.
* Stare at the image for several seconds.
* Start to pull back slowly.. pic.twitter.com/63p1Tba1dW— Abhiram (@never_ram) October 12, 2018
My favourite pic.twitter.com/wJxetC6GfV
— Mike (@mikefmacleod) October 12, 2018
Amazing motion illusion.
V5 is firing due to V4 saturation! pic.twitter.com/oNgxRXXN3f— Alice Proverbio (@AliceProverbio) October 12, 2018