Take a look at this photograph from the early 20th century. It has not been retouched, nor is it a double exposure. It looks like a big face has been plopped into the middle of it, an example of pareidolia {wiki}, the te...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/03/paredolia-illusion/The old parlor trick of staring at yourself in a mirror until your face starts to change has now been studied scientifically. Giovanni Caputo led a study in which 50 people tried the trick and reported their reactions.At...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/19/the-strange-face-in-the-mirror-illusion/When you see the moon rising or setting over the l... ...s the same, but your brain experiences an optical illusion . One of my favorite brain-benders is the Ponzo Illusion . You’ve seen it: the simplest case is with two... ...ne, even though they’re the same length. The illusi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/13/the-moon-illusion/(YouTube link) This cardboard sculpture by Kouk... ...Sciences in Japan won the first prize at the 2010 Illusion of the Year competition. This one is all the more...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/11/illusion-of-the-year/When you chew a piece of mint gum and then take a... ...an it would otherwise. It's not colder, that's an illusion from your brain and a protein called TRPM8. TRPM...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/23/why-does-mint-make-your-mouth-feel-cold/Why would someone post a video of a painting? Because you need to see it in three dimensions to get the full effect. This is a movie of a super-cool "painting" hanging in the basement of the British Library, in London....
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/01/paradoxymoron/Mural artist Eric Grohe is a master of Tromp l... ...ric Grohe is a master of Tromp l'oeil, the art of illusion . Believe it or not, the right side of the buildin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/11/the-amazing-tromp-loeil-art-of-eric-grohe/Diver Anatoly Beloshchin shot this footage in an u... ...derwater cavern at Cenote Angelita, Mexico. The illusion
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/30/mexicos-underwater-river/A team led by psychologist Martin Doherty of t... ...versity of Stirling in Scotland found that visual illusions that befuddle adults don't effect children as eas... ...s easily. The pair of orange circles in the above illusion are slightly different in size. The blue dots wil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/23/kids-not-fooled-by-visual-illusion/Although this wood sculpture looks basic enough, it's actually quite remarkable. You see, artist Ron van der Ende creates works like this out of found wood - and makes bas relief sculptures. So while you're correct i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/17/the-amazing-bas-relief-of-ron-van-der-ende/
