Optical illusions are always pretty mind-blowing, but not many come close to this one that can show you the future – well almost. Viewers who stare into the centre of the black hole will ...

Optical illusions play tricks on your brain and can make you see things that aren't really there, from static images swirling around the page to images that stay with you even after you look away.

There is a mathematical side to optical illusions. One professor studies them in hopes of creating a safer world. Man on a roof or ladder against the wall: either way, it just doesn't seem ...

Whether it’s stage magic, table magic, or a big showcase in the street, sometimes you can’t help but be wowed by a mystical illusion. There’s a reason why you see variations of the same ...

Click on the play button below the images in the gallery to recreate the illusion of depth offered by the stereograph cards as viewed through a stereoscope.

The frequency illusion, also called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, is a cognitive bias in which someone learns a novel word or concept—and then “suddenly” encounters it everywhere ...

We’re all familiar with different optical illusions. In Auditory Illusions, Trevor Cox investigates sounds that trick the ear to find out how they are used in music. Here are the five best ...

I write about strategy, leadership and Red Team Thinking. The clustering illusion is a cognitive bias that leads us to perceive patterns in random data. This phenomenon is rooted in the human ...

NARRATOR: There is no question that individual human beings are different, one from the other. Our eyes confirm this day in and day out. Skin color. Body shape. Hair form. Eye shape. For several ...

The illusion of control was first described by psychologist Ellen Langer in 1975. Originally, it was thought that the illusion of control is a mechanism for preserving or enhancing self-esteem ...

Call these the magnificent seven. Stargazers in China were taken aback after spotting what appeared to be seven suns as seen in a recent viral video. In the mind-bending footage, which was shot ...

Money illusion is an economic theory that suggests that people tend to view their wealth and income in nominal dollar terms rather than in real terms. Put simply, money allusion means that people ...