Stories by Susana Martinez-Conde

Foundation ANAR, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of children at risk, has come up with a clever illusion as part of a campaign against child abuse.

Want to know an effective way to reduce pain from burns? Cover the affected red area, so you are unable to look at it. Ideally, use a blue bandage.

Here's a "dramatization" of the original Checkershadow Illusion by MIT vision scientist Ted Adelson.

Chronic jetlag, habitual night shifts, and rotating shift work, can have deleterious consequences on circadian organization and metabolic health, says a new report in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science.

This illusion will enhance not only the brightness and color, but also the details of the visual scene.

The novel is a wonderful read, but something that I hadn't expected is that the plot would revolve so much around the topic of pain, both psychological and physical.

This week’s illusion, by vision scientist Alan Stubbs from the University of Maine, was a top ten finalist in the Best Illusion of the Year Contest.

Dexter's swan song will involve chasing down a serial killer that puts a melon baller to the unique use of scooping the anterior insula out of the brains of his victims.

The face appears to always looks directly at you, no matter your position. And coolest of all, it looks at everybody in all positions all at once.

Fading illusions play hide-and-seek with your perception