Post by gato on Jun 7, 2022 5:30:47 GMT -5
"A brand new optical illusion tricks the majority of people into thinking that a dark "black hole" region at the center of a stationary image is rapidly expanding, as if the observer were moving toward it. Researchers now suspect that the image literally tricks the brain into thinking that the observer is moving into a darkened space, like a cave or tunnel."
The first time I looked at this image, I was convinced that it was really expanding; nope, just my brain leaping ahead to compensate, and dilating my pupils in the process. Even knowing what is going on, my brain goes right on cooperating, no matter how many times I look at the image. 14 percent of people do not see the illusion. Do you?
www.livescience.com/expanding-hole-optical-illusion-explained
The first time I looked at this image, I was convinced that it was really expanding; nope, just my brain leaping ahead to compensate, and dilating my pupils in the process. Even knowing what is going on, my brain goes right on cooperating, no matter how many times I look at the image. 14 percent of people do not see the illusion. Do you?
www.livescience.com/expanding-hole-optical-illusion-explained
