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Optical illusions are fun, and they can make you think about art techniques and the workings of the human mind. You may have already seen some of the illusions presented here, but hopefully there will be a few new to you as well.

There are different types of optical illusions (some are even three-dimensional!), but they all basically challenge the idea that you are seeing what you think you are seeing.

(There's not much to see here right now, but please check back later!)

Contents at a Glance

Illusion One
The latest from Mighty Optical Illusions
Illusion Two (Coming soon!)
Latest blog posts about optical illusion...
Illusion Three
Optical illusions on Flickr

Illusion One

(Coming soon!)

The latest from Mighty Optical Illusions

Latest blog posts about optical illusions

Newly discovered optical illusions will fool your brain: (Photo: TheIllusioncontest/YouTube) Dozens of newly discovered optical illusions competed for the title of "Best Illusion of 2012" last week at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society in Florida. An illusion known as the "disappearing hand ...
#SciAmBlogs Friday – transit of Venus, medical education, Rio+20, Space X ...: By Bora Zivkovic | May 25, 2012 | For those of you in the USA, have a great long holiday weekend. For the rest ? we're not going anyway, check in every now and then for new posts? Conversations on our articles and blog posts often continue on our ...
Visualize and Score… BIG!: By Cheryl Murphy | May 25, 2012 | I love optical illusions. They make me feel clever if I can figure them out and even when I have to peek at the answer, it's still fun to find out how my brain was tricked. But do they serve any purpose in the real ...
Optical Illusion of the Day: Celebrities Become Monsters Right Before Your Eyes: This is an incredible optical illusion that was discovered entirely by accident by an undergraduate student at the University of Queensland. Here's a brief intro from Matthew Thompson, one of three researchers that published a paper on the ?Flashed ...

Illusion Three

(Coming soon!)

Optical illusions on Flickr

Here are some images tagged as optical illusions on Flickr.

Illusion Five

(Coming soon!)

Latest news about optical illusions

Newly discovered optical illusions will fool your brain: (Photo: TheIllusioncontest/YouTube) Dozens of newly discovered optical illusions competed for the title of "Best Illusion of 2012" last week at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society in Florida. An illusion known as the "disappearing hand ...
#SciAmBlogs Friday – transit of Venus, medical education, Rio+20, Space X ...: By Bora Zivkovic | May 25, 2012 | For those of you in the USA, have a great long holiday weekend. For the rest ? we're not going anyway, check in every now and then for new posts? Conversations on our articles and blog posts often continue on our ...
Visualize and Score… BIG!: By Cheryl Murphy | May 25, 2012 | I love optical illusions. They make me feel clever if I can figure them out and even when I have to peek at the answer, it's still fun to find out how my brain was tricked. But do they serve any purpose in the real ...
Optical Illusion of the Day: Celebrities Become Monsters Right Before Your Eyes: This is an incredible optical illusion that was discovered entirely by accident by an undergraduate student at the University of Queensland. Here's a brief intro from Matthew Thompson, one of three researchers that published a paper on the ?Flashed ...

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What are your favorite optical illusions? Have you visited any museums or attractions that featured optical illusions?

Do optical illusions drive you crazy?