‘Evil Genius’: Mind-Bending Illusion Built Into Skyline Confuses Internet
Source: Newsweek
Don’t let this optical illusion fool you. You won’t need to press play when you see this skyline illusion.
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Don’t let this optical illusion fool you. You won’t need to press play when you see this skyline illusion.
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Thanks to modern neuroscience, we can understand the brain processes that take place we encounter some visual illusions. Explore this collection of popular illusions and find out how they work.
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Watch this video to learn how an ancient civilization still influences how we view something as fundamental as time.
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A theoretical physicist challenges the widely-accepted linear representation of time.
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How did a structure as complex as the human eye come to be?
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Read this article to learn about some of the ways our senses can distort our perception.
Are our minds playing tricks on us all the time? Click this link to watch an animated video that explains what perception and hallucination have in common.
Researchers have found that people wearing heavy backpacks perceive the hills they are climbing as steeper than people who aren’t wearing backpacks do. Read this article to find out more about how our perceptions can become distorted.
Check out this link to try out some cool interactive perception tests that demonstrate how our sense of time can be distorted.
Learn about research into how and why people from different linguistic backgrounds might remember the same event in different ways.
How do we know what is real? This article includes some striking visual illusions and explains how they serve as a good reminder that our perception of reality is not always accurate.
Emily Dickinson confined herself to her home for much of her lifetime. She also experienced a series of deaths of people who were important to her. The author of this piece suggests that Dickinson’s ways of dealing with solitude and grief make her particularly relevant in the era of coronavirus.
This article presents the findings of recent research that suggests the news can make us see the world in a negative light, which has a harmful impact on our mental and physical health.
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