The Sciences
What's In a Face?
The human brain is good at identifying faces, but illusions can fool our “face sense”
Stories by Stephen L. Macknik
The Sciences
Urban Illusions
Street artists use the city as their canvas
Cognition
Eyebomb Your Brain
How googly eyes hack your visual circuits
The Sciences
What's in a Face?
The human brain is good at identifying faces, but illusions can fool our “face sense”
The Sciences
The Neuroscience of Illusion
How tricking the eye reveals the inner workings of the brain
The Sciences
Vanished without a Trace
Fading illusions play hide-and-seek with your perception
The Sciences
Yorick's Ghost and Other Afterimages
Staring at images can temporarily reset retinal cells and cause ghostly visions
The Sciences
Art as Visual Research: Kinetic Illusions in OP Art
Art and neuroscience combine to create fascinating examples of illusory motion
The Sciences
All Deceptions Great and Small
Does size matter? To your brain, it doesn't
The Sciences
What It Means to Be You
You are more than a robot searching for food and mates
The Sciences
A Faithful Resemblance
When seeing is believing
The Sciences
No Brain, No Pain
Pain is an emotion
The Sciences
Your Twisted Little Mind
Illusions that distort your perception
The Sciences
Perfectly Timed Advertising
Marketing illusions that make time fly
The Sciences
A Perspective on 3-D Visual Illusions
What the leaning tower and related illusions reveal about how your brain constructs 3-D images
The Sciences
Colors Out of Space
Colors can change with their surroundings and spread beyond the lines
The Sciences
Colors Out of Space
Colors can change with their surroundings and spread beyond the lines
The Sciences
Afraid of Shadows
Spooky illusions trick and treat your brain
The Sciences
The Illusions of Love
How do we fool thee?
Let us count the ways that illusions play with our hearts and minds
The Sciences
Truer Than Truth
Trompe l'oeil illusions challenge your perception
