Tag: OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

Counting down to quittin' time on a Friday can grow mind-numbing when you have only the whole of human knowledge at your fingertips. To help inject a little frivolity -- and break up those end-of-the-week doldrums -- we bring you a favorite Switched pastime: getting those synapses and neural circuits firing with an awesome optical illusion. Although this latest offering may not be quite as ...

Share Need something of an eye-opener on a dreary Wednesday afternoon? Check out the above video demonstration of the Ames window, a compelling optical illusion featuring a trapezoidal window with an angled bar bisecting it as a sort of reference point. As the odd-shaped window rotates, the bar occasionally, and magically, appears to pass right through the frame while the window seems to reverse ...

We here at Switched have found some great optical illusions online in the past. We are always on the lookout for more, so we were delighted when we came across these three illusions below, thanks to Inside Science News. Just last weekend, these three illusions were chosen as the world's best at a gathering of neuroscientists and psychologists in Naples, Florida. Enjoy! 1. Jerky Curveball - The ...

Most of you have looked and/or fretted over optical illusions at some point in your life. A select few have even had a sleepless night over particularly difficult ones. They come in all shapes and sizes and colors. Double meanings, motion-induced blindness, and mind bending perspective distortion just to name a few. Here, we have compiled a list of some of our favorite illusions on the Web. ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/04/09/the-trippiest-optical-illustions-on-the-net/'; This silhouette wins the award for coolest thing we've seen all day -- and it's not just because the tiny dancer above is in the buff. This is a little test that will tell you whether the left or right hemisphere of your brain is more dominant. Instead of concentrating on her chest, concentrate ...