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-melting artwork to photography trickery, but there's one style that never fails to perplex the internet – the humble colour illusion. Fooling the brain ...

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 ...

Optical illusions come in all forms, from mind-melting artwork to photography trickery, but there's one style that never fails to perplex the internet – the humble colour illusion. Fooling the brain ...

A viral optical illusion featuring overlapping leaves hides the number “47,” which most people miss at first glance. The ...

This viral optical illusion shows completely different colours to different people—blue and grey for some, green and yellow ...

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 ...

Thanks to a handy psychological trick, one man claims he can tell if you’re shy and quiet or confident and stubborn in mere seconds. The insight doesn’t come from asking you deep questions, though – ...

From laundry to living creatures, London-based artist Helga Stentzel turns hanging clothes into charming farm-animal ...

Viewers have been left stumped trying to determine how many shapes are in this photo. This optical illusion creates a series of triangles, squares and lines, but most viewers are shocked to learn that ...