The way your brain interprets this illusion may reveal whether you think outside the box or stick to the safe and familiar.

Optical illusions come in all forms, from mind-bending physiological phenomena to confusing cognitive images, but one variety that doesn't get nearly enough love is the humble ambigram. While these ...

There are countless types of optical illusions, from the cognitive to the physiological, testing our minds in ways that appear to defy logic. The latest example bewitching the internet is this simple ...

(WHTM) — There’s nothing like a bewildering optical illusion to get the weekend off to a good start. There are all kinds to choose from: the image that looks like one thing but also looks like another ...

A tree in Potsdam, Germany, looks like it has been cut in two, with the top hovering over the trunk, and it’s thanks to a simple but clever artistic technique. Daniel Siering and Mario Shu wrapped ...

With a new series of experiments, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have a better idea why we fall for a very old optical illusion called simultaneous brightness ...

If a reader stared at one of Spectropia’s illustrations under a strong light source for about 20 seconds and then gazed at a blank wall in a darkened room, a version of that image in inverted colors ...