Saturday night fun: Optical illusions: What causes them? Try some out!

Essentially, our brains — which would otherwise be overwhelmed — take shortcuts with the information they feed to our minds. Clever illusions reveal the shortcuts:

Illusions can be literal, physiological, or cognitive, depending on which aspect of your brain is the object of a con job on your vision.

News, “Optical illusions: What causes them? Try some out!” at Mind Matters News (June 3, 2022)

For example:

Many more at the link.

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