New Optical Illusions Expose More Foibles of the Brain

 

 

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New Optical Illusions Expose More Foibles of the Brain

via Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News on 5/22/12

Dozens of newly discovered optical illusions competed for the title of "Best Illusion of 2012" last week at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society in Florida. An illusion known as the "disappearing hand trick," which causes people to feel as though their hand has vanished, earned the top prize at the eighth annual contest.

 

 

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