What you've undoubtedly noticed is that counting the dots is impossible because they appear to move all over the place. But don't worry; that's normal. Turns out there are actually 12 dots here (mind ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Illusions like these mess with the brain's visual processing system, making viewers see things ...

Another work week, another optical illusion to help you kill time at your desk and find something to chat about with your co-workers. This week’s mind-bending question: There are 12 black dots in this ...

These disappearing dots are driving the internet crazy! Game developer Will Kerslake shared an optical illusion that features 12 black dots that are impossible to spot simultaneously. “There are ...

There's a new optical illusion on the block, and it's a good one. Take a look at the image above. Take as much time as you want. It looks as though there's one, maybe two dots at the intersections of ...

The latest viral optical illusion features dots jumping around on a gray grid, and it's driving our brains crazy. But despite how it looks, those dots are not moving at all. Your brain just interprets ...

It’s no dress, but this optical illusion will surely make your head hurt. What you’re looking at is called Ninio’s extinction illusion. There are twelve black dots evenly distributed on the grey ...

Optical illusions trick you into seeing things that aren’t real, like still images that appear to move or identical colors that look different. This happens because your eyes and brain speak a "simple ...

Your brain is lying to you right now. Not maliciously, and not because something’s wrong with it. It’s doing exactly what evolution designed it to do, making split-second decisions about the world ...

Optical Illusions reveal how the mind processes time and space, and they illustrate the ways that our minds make assumptions about the world around us…and how these assumption are often untrue. In the ...