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Quick brain teaser: What do you see? And, can you unsee it?

September 23, 2021 by SharpBrains

Please describe what you see up there.

What about below, as the full scene appears? [Read more…] about Quick brain teas­er: What do you see? And, can you unsee it?

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Fun optical illusion to tease your mind

July 31, 2020 by SharpBrains

????????RT pic.twitter.com/WBoG7rAD2f

— ?????? (@jagarikin) July 24, 2020

The text above, in Japan­ese, says: “If it appears to rotate, RT” 🙂

You can quick­ly notice how the dots do not move at all … and how the effect takes place.

More fun illusions and brain teasers:

  • What do you see first, peo­ple or oth­er animals?
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  • Top 25 Brain Teasers and Illu­sions for teens and adults

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Rectangles or circles? This surprising mind teaser highlights the value of perspective diversity and open conversation

July 13, 2020 by SharpBrains

This sur­pris­ing illu­sion by math­e­mati­cian and artist Kokichi Sug­i­hara, named the 2016 Illu­sion of the Year, high­lights the crit­i­cal impor­tance of per­spec­tive diver­si­ty and open conversation.

Sur­prised? [Read more…] about Rec­tan­gles or cir­cles? This sur­pris­ing mind teas­er high­lights the val­ue of per­spec­tive diver­si­ty and open conversation

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What do you see: Quick brain teaser to share this weekend

October 14, 2016 by Caroline Latham

What do you see?

Ambiguous Illusion

Take a good look…you should be able to per­ceive two dif­fer­ent images (but prob­a­bly not at the same time). [Read more…] about What do you see: Quick brain teas­er to share this weekend

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The Hermann grid optical illusion, explained

May 6, 2016 by Caroline Latham

In this image, do you see some­thing oth­er than black and white? Does it mat­ter if you look direct­ly at one of the black blocks, vs. at one of the intersections?

Hermann Grid

While there are real­ly only black blocks and white spaces in the grid, the high con­trast black and white areas fool the eyes into per­ceiv­ing a gray cir­cle at each inter­sec­tion. The illu­sion results from [Read more…] about The Her­mann grid opti­cal illu­sion, explained

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