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 ...

Video captured just off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom, last week shows a large container ship appearing to fly through the sky, floating just above the water. Some experts have weighed in, calling ...

A head-scratching optical illusion challenges the perception of color and how the brain plays tricks on us. In an image created by the UK contact lens vendor Lenstore, a series of lilac letters ...

Optical illusions are tricky little things. Often they can leave us scratching our heads, trying to figure out how the illusion is tricking our eyes and our brain. One type of illusion, known as a ...

Optical illusions always fascinate us, and the latest one to catch our eye is a true head-scratcher. At a quick glance, this image seems to be bursting with three separate colors. But take another ...

Researchers have developed an ionic artificial vision device capable of increasing the edge contrast between the darker and lighter areas of an mage in a manner similar to that of human vision. This ...

So I've read in more than a few places that color doesn't exist outside our heads, it's just wavelengths of light. That our brains are the things that make color, same with sound (which is just ...

Are you someone who catches even the tiniest details? Do your friends often say you have eagle eyes? Well, it’s time to put your vision and observation skills to the test, with a fun and tricky ...

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 ...