How does your brain perceive objects? OPTICAL ILLUSION How does your brain perceive objects?

What do you see? Duck or Rabbit?

Count the black dots.

Are the lines straight or diagonal?

What do you see? Man playing horn or a woman’s face?

What do you see? Skull or woman looking into a mirror?

Which direction is the train traveling?

What do you see? Native American profile or Eskimo entering a cave?

What do you see? One man or a couple of people?

What do you see? Face or the word liar?

What do you see? LIFT

What do you see?

Are the lines parallel or curved?

Which one is longer?

What do you see? Young girl or old woman?

Move your head back and forth.

And here is another type of illusion And here is another type of illusion. Count the people in the picture below. After they shift, count them again!

What do you see?

Your distance from this photo determines what you see Your distance from this photo determines what you see.  Try stepping closer (or farther away)

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Silhouettes http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/sze_silhouette/index.html

More Optical Illusions The Break of the Curve Ball http://illusionoftheyear.com/2009/the-break-of-the-curveball/ Brain Games http://braingames.nationalgeographic.com/episode/6/ Brain Hieroglyphics