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The Most Amazing Optical Illusions (and How They Work)

Source: Live Science

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.

This entry was posted in How We See Things, Perception and Reality and tagged Arts & Entertainment, Health & Medicine on June 1, 2022 by Hilary Woods.

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