The giant fakes of history
When science got it wrong
Tricks of the mind and eye
The media's wildest fabrications
Spotting the fake in the digital age
YOUR GOAL
Master of The great crumble and how falsehoods fall apart
007skaty The Illusory Truth Effect
Hear it again, hear it again It starts to feel like truth
007skaty Two equal line segments with inward or outward-pointing arrowheads appear unequal because our visual system mistakes them for 3D room corners.
007skaty John MacDonald's research exposes how easily sensory falsehoods collapse in human minds.
007skaty Trace the loop of beliefs to discover how confirmation bias traps us in falsehoods.
Visual survival: Optical illusions still work even after you measure the lines with a ruler, because your brain prioritizes shortcuts over reality.
Why does the visual system perceive the 'arrow tail' line as longer in the Müller-Lyer illusion?
In what year did German psychiatrist Franz Carl Müller-Lyer first publish his famous line illusion?
007skaty The Müller-Lyer optical illusion tricks our brain into misjudging line lengths.
In what decade was the multisensory McGurk effect first documented in a scientific paper?
Which syllable is typically heard when a voice saying 'bah' is paired with a face articulating 'gah'?
Which psychologist coined the term 'confirmation bias' and designed the 2-4-6 number sequence experiment?
How does confirmation bias affect the way we handle evidence that challenges our beliefs?
In what year was the illusory truth effect first formally identified in psychological research?