Optical illusions like the one at the top of the page may not actually be bright, but our brains — and now it seems our eyes — think they are. This radial sunburst illusion is known as the Asahi ...

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 are very effective at deceiving our brains and provide an excellent exercise for our brain cells. They help us analyze how the human brain perceives various stimuli. Scientific ...