Trippy Optical Illusions That Will Make Your Brain Go Derp (19 pictures)
It’s like acid without having to deal with creepy ravers and frightening introspection!
Tagged: illusion
Mesmerizing Illusionary Images (24 pictures)
These pictures were taken from the right angle. This gave the unique optical illusion.
The rubber hand test. Proof Your Senses Are Lying To You
How we experience our own bodies is a classical question in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been believed that our body image is limited by our innate body plan — in other words that we cannot experience having more than one head, two arms and two legs. However, brain scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now shown that it is possible to make healthy volunteers experience having three arms at the same time.
Magician’s Secrets
Sure your Uncle can make a quarter disappear in his palm and reappear in your ear. But did you know that he’s expertly exploiting the gaps of logic in your mind to pull of the illusion? How does your flawed visual perception and 3-D computational model of reality allow him to do it?
Optical illusion mindf*ck (18 pictures)
The best of optical illusion mindf*ck pictures!
The ‘Underwater Waterfall’ Illusion at Mauritius Island (6 pictures)
Located at the Southwestern tip of the island you will find a fascinating illusion. When viewed from above, a runoff of sand and silt deposits creates the impression of an ‘underwater waterfall’. Satellite views (as seen in the Google Maps screenshots below) are equally dramatic, as an underwater vortex seemingly appears off the coast of this tropical paradise.