Concentrate on the red dot between the two men’s faces on the top. When you look down at the second red dot, what do you see?
The illusion comes from an effect called neural adaptation, or sensory adaptation, and it is the way the brain understands things changing over time. It’s the same kind of sensation when a noise might seem louder the first time it’s heard :) Source: The independent.
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Marc
24/4/2015 11:04:12 am
This reminds me of the flashed face distortion effect:
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Administrator
25/4/2015 05:44:34 am
Thanks Marc for your comment!!
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Snova
30/4/2015 01:43:07 pm
Nice! Another crazy illusion caused by neural adaptation is related to motion detection:
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Administrator
3/5/2015 07:10:37 am
Very interesting Snova, thanks for sharing!
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