Optical illusions come in all forms, from the cognitive to the physiological, often boggling our brains beyond our understanding. Deepening our understanding of these fascinating phenomena, a new ...

Optical illusions occur naturally in different habitats and conditions across the world. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt flats ...

A baffling optical illusion that appears to show a woman floating in mid-air has left people puzzled as they try to work out what is really going on ...

A couple of years ago an optical illusion came along and almost broke our site. Over three million people read an article about the most dizzying illusion ever to grace our screens – the rotating ...

Martin Doherty received funding from the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust who partially supported this work. He continues to receive funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Radoslaw Wincza does not work ...