New research shows how our visual system can reveal the capabilities of our brains. Bradley Blackburn shows us how ...

This all clashes with the common wisdom that it’s best to avoid stripes—specifically, the horizontal kind, which, like a ...

In today’s optical illusion, you will be given an image that shows the English alphabet written in neat block letters, ...

Ancient mosaic in Turkey undergoes new conservation as experts work to preserve rare 5th-century artwork with optical ...

People zoom in on Google Earth expecting cities or roads, but sometimes the satellite images show stuff you’d never expect, ...

As one of the abstract styles developing in the 1960s, Optical illusion (or Op) Art features games of lines and geometric ...

Optical illusions get our brain to exercise, and they are also a way to reveal our innermost personality and hidden traits. An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where the brain misinterprets ...

They are at once highly detailed and also slightly vectorish — and it shifts back and forth while I’m looking at them, like one of those young woman/old woman optical illusions.

Her avant-garde look featured bold black with white pinstripes on one side, while the other was red with white geometric lines and patterns. The exaggerated shoulders and rectangular silhouette ...

India’s optical illusion spots defy gravity ... This 1,200-year-old stepwell’s perfectly geometric design creates a hypnotic illusion of endless steps. One look down, and you’ll feel ...

Optical illusions are great fun, and they fool virtually everyone. But have you ever wondered if you could train yourself to unsee these illusions? Our latest research suggests that you can.