These trippy optical illusions baffle the best of us, as they seem to completely transform the colour of an object. But scientists have now unveiled the truth about so-called 'simultaneous ...

It’s the multiheaded hydra of optical illusions. The internet is blowing a collective gasket over a triple-tiered eye test in which objects seem to disappear and appear right before the viewer ...

Take a step inside the Museum of Illusions, whose installations are meant to show the science behind perception.

Do you do the verbal legwork? Optical illusions can be more than just frivolous pursuits: This “long-legged” optical illusion reportedly determines whether the viewer is a good communicator or ...

Head to the Museum of Illusions Austin, a wonderland of wows where science-based thrills make visitors smile, laugh and learn surprising things along the way.

Optical illusions have been keeping us entertained for hundreds of years. There are plenty of optical illusions that go viral and stump the internet, but there are also classic ones that continue ...

Numerous visual illusions are caused by limits in the way our eyes and visual neurones work -- rather than more complex psychological processes, new research shows.

Puzzle fans have been left divided by a mind-boggling optical illusion that appears to show a dramatically stormy beach at nighttime, but not everyone sees the same image ...

These optical illusions from professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka reveal how different our perceptions are from reality.

Magic Eye pictures didn't die out with the 1990s. Though their pop culture peak has passed, artists are still finding creative ways to use the trippy illusions. To see an example of Magic Eye ...

There are plenty of optical illusions online, some trickier to decipher than others. It took me a while to get this brain-bending illusion to transform and it seems I'm not alone. Optical illusion ...