The illusions of sight and sound
The tricks of memory and time
The biases in how we judge others and ourselves
A visual illusion where your brain fails to notice an obvious object because you are focusing on something else. It proves how much our minds hide, like completely missing a gorilla walking by.
What effect causes stationary blurry images in your peripheral vision to fade away when you stare?
In the 1999 Harvard attention experiment, what unexpected figure walked across the basketball court?
007skaty Decode the quiet whispers to discover the inner truths you need to realize.
007skaty Polished, mirror-like models of an eye and ear gleam under dramatic studio lights.
Which auditory illusion creates the sensation of a sound that infinitely rises in pitch?
007skaty The McGurk Effect
You're watching 'ga' but hearing 'ba' play, And your brain changes it to 'da' anyway!
007skaty Researchers Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons tested human attention by asking viewers to count basketball passes while a
What happens during the McGurk effect when visual and auditory speech cues conflict?
Why don't you see the world blur when you quickly move your eyes from side to side?
What is the illusion where the second hand of a clock seems to freeze when you first look?
In the 1998 door experiment, what percentage of people missed that their conversation partner had swapped?
The blind spot: Your brain uses clues from the surrounding background to guess and paint over your eye's blind spot, meaning part of what you see is always a complete fabrication.