Neuroscientists explain how optical illusions expose the brain’s shortcuts in processing reality, revealing how perception often diverges from actual physical input.

Others, like 2017's Café Wall illusion or 2012's Floating Star illusion, use color and shape patterns to trick the brain into seeing motion or slants that aren't there.

Other illusions are created intentionally. The blue rows in this image, which appear to slant, are a variant of an older illusion discovered on the wall of a cafe in the 1970s. The illusion above ...

The optical illusion going viral on Reddit challenges people to find 16 circles in a photo filled with rectangular panels.

The furniture in the cafe gives viewers an illusion, appearing two-dimensional. The furniture in the café has been painted in such a way to appear to be two-dimensional. (Rhythm Rathi/CBC) Ji Hyang ...

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For more mind-bending imagery, check out the coffer illusion and the cafe wall illusion.

I volunteered for sandwich duty, which left me quite a few items to mull over and sort through. Hole in the Wall serves several burger variations, including a smash burger and a smash melt. The ...

To prove you have sharp eyesight, spot the hidden kite in this busy and colourful cafe, but remember you have a strict timeline of 7 seconds. Therefor ...

Are you ready to test your observation skills? In this optical illusion challenge, your mission is to spot a hidden kite in a bustling cafe scene. You only have 8 seconds! Can you find it?

The bumpy circle illusion is similar to the even more mind-bending café wall illusion, popularly attributed to British neuropsychologist Richard Langton Gregory. (Though the illusion had actually been ...

FACT AND FANTASY: Nina Ricci will open an immersive pop-up café in Paris to celebrate its latest fragrance, called Nina Illusion. Dubbed the Nina Illusion Café, it is to be located under Le Forum des ...