5 Fascinating Ways Your Brain Bends Reality

Caution: This image might make observers feel sick. The bicycle wheels may appear to rotate counterclockwise, but this is a still image! Photo credit: Akiyoshi Kitaoka

Caution: This illusionmight make observers feel sick. The bicycle wheelsappear to rotate counterclockwise, but this is a still image! Your brain doesn’t know any better.Sigh.Imagecredit: Akiyoshi Kitaoka


We think we see reality as it is, butscience has revealedmultiple ways that the humanbrain bends reality(as it relates to our personal experiences).


Most of these reality-bending brain happenings involvethe way we process information. Like the image above shows us, our perception of how things...

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Published on June 02, 2014 13:25
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