Test your Brain with these Teasers and Visual Illusions

Are the two orange cir­cles of the same size? One way to under­stand more about the brain is to look at how we can trick it, that is, to look at how the brain reacts to teasers and visu­al illusions.

Here are 10 visu­al illu­sions to com­bine fun and learn­ing about the visu­al sys­tem. We know you know there is a trick since these are illu­sions… but don’t try to be smarter than your brain: Just enjoyed being surprised!

To go beyond the illu­sions, read about what hap­pens in your brain while you expe­ri­ence them. Read the rest of this entry »