New optical illusion demonstrates how easy it is to fool your brain

Do not believe your eyes the results of the annual competition of optical illusions, which holds the Company neurological research (Neural Correlate Society) was struck by all the participants.

At the competition were presented with a lot of stunning deceptions of which were not previously known to mankind, but the first place was taken by a variation on the popular classic Ebbinghaus illusion (also known as circles Titchener), which demonstrates how our brains evaluates the size of the object, guided by the value of other objects, near. Even if you have not heard anything about Ebbinghaus or Titchener, you probably know this optical illusion: it is unlikely you need to explain that the orange circles on the picture below the same size, although vision is trying to convince the opposite.





Illusion, winning the competition, developed by experts at the University of Nevada-participants and the jury noted that the moving Ebbinghaus illusion produces a much greater impression than its static options. By observing how the size of the six black circles, it is difficult to believe that the value of the circle in the center remains the same - our brain is so "accustomed" to the infallibility and the accuracy of the visual signals that easily deceived simultaneous movement of multiple objects. The effect is particularly stunning, if not look directly into the unchanging center, and shift the focus slightly to the side - one of six varying circles.







via factroom.ru