The image appears to show a black space filled with multi-coloured letters, and the word 'word' either suspended in mid-air ...

Aptly called optical illusions, these pictures trick the brain, and sometimes they also double as personality tests. This ...

"WWE SmackDown" in Hershey saw Cody Rhodes and general manager Nick Aldis butting heads. A cut in the first round didn't stop ...

Do you think you have sharp eyes? Try this optical illusion IQ test and spot the hidden needle without getting distracted by ...

During the winter months, Museum of Illusions Salt Lake City introduced new elements to their exhibits for the holidays.

An optical illusion that shows a black box filled with multi-coloured letters has left people baffled and arguing over what ...

Optical illusions are becoming more and more popular on the internet. Thousands of people have made optical illusions their favourite pastime because of the game's simplicity and directness. The ...

How optical illusions work has been long-debated among scientists and philosophers, who wonder whether these illusions stem from neural processing in the eye or involve higher-level cognitive ...

Susana Martinez-Conde is director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. She studies visual illusions to gain a better understanding of how ...

Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to new research. The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual illusions, ...

The study of visual illusions in animals provides a compelling window into both the evolutionary continuity and diversity of perceptual processes. Research indicates that many species, from domestic ...

In this Ebbinghaus illusion of relative size perception, the orange circle on the left looks bigger than the one on the right - but it is actually 10 per cent smaller. In a new study, medical imaging ...