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Stories about: optical illusions

Optical Illusions Do Not Fool Everyone Every individual has his/her unique way of seeing the world, and this process is regulated by the primary visual cortex – the smaller it is, the more tricks your eyes will play on you.The first ones to make the connection between the size of the visual part of the brain and the perception of the surrounding env... 6 December 2010 08:47 GMT Martian Trees Just Optical Illusions In a series of new images captured by a NASA orbiter around Mars, the Red Planet reveals a number of peculiar structures on its surface, very close to the north pole. According to the experts who got a chance to look at the images, these formations can easily be identified as trees by laypersons, but they argue that ... 14 January 2010 03:29 GMT Children Are Not Deceived by Optical Illusions A new scientific study seems to suggest that children are far better at detecting the tricks behind optical illusions than the elderly. This ability may be partially owed to the different way in which the two age groups size up the target objects, and relate their sizes to everything around them. This may also mean, ... 24 November 2009 06:35 GMT