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15 Amazing Brain Boggling Optical Illusions

Published by CHAN LEE PENG in Offbeat
October 4th, 2010

You may be tricked by these mind boggling optical illusions. Believe it or not, give yourself a try and definitely you’ll experience some false optical experiences.

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How many circles can you spot in this picture? Immediately, I could see 16 of them. How about you?

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There is actually no spiral moving inward and outward. It’s probably hard to believe that this “false spiral” is a series of concentric circles.

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How many gray spots can you see in this picture? Could you tell me where do those spots come from? Well, in facts, there are no gray spots; but your brain believes them to be there.

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It’s hard to believe that the lines separating each row of tiles are parallel and straight, right? They are definitely not bent.

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You may be wondering if these circles are moving, and yes, they are moving!

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These are two identical dogs; both in shape and size, but perhaps, your brain will tell you that the dog in the centre is bigger.

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Stare at this picture for several minutes and tell me what you see, ok?

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Stare at the circle in the middle on both the left and right side for few seconds. The one to the right appears bigger in size, doesn’t it? In fact, both are identical in sizes.

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Wow, amazing! Something is moving outward! Now, look at it in its centre and don’t move your eyes, and yes, it stops moving! But please don’t stare at this picture for too long, as it’ll make you feel headachy or dizzy.

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This picture is not animated; believe it or not, your brain perceives those sausage-looking red images as moving objects.

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This optical illusion gives you an effect of a false spiral. And of course, it gives you the impression it is moving.

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If you can see seven faces in this optical illusion, then you are just awesome!

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Are you able to spot a love shape within those square boxes? If yes, it’ll bring love and good luck to you.

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This is indeed cool stuff! Can you see that the blue oval shaped dots are moving inward deep to the middle of a picture?

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I guess you’ll probably have an exciting experience here. Look, the circle is expanding while the squares are moving inward. Interesting, right? Have fun with this.

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  1. Posted October 4, 2010 at 12:14 am

    I think this is very interesting, but I failed miserably. Thank you for all your neat work to bring this to me.

  2. Posted October 4, 2010 at 12:24 am

    i enjoyed this. Those are very entertaining.

  3. Posted October 4, 2010 at 12:32 am

    Wow! Amazing optical illusions. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

  4. Posted October 4, 2010 at 12:36 am

    Very interesting. Had some fun moments.

  5. Posted October 4, 2010 at 12:48 am

    Hi Chan!
    These are really cool illusions and a very creative article. Thanks for sharing. Blessings, Chris

  6. Posted October 4, 2010 at 12:53 am

    Amazing…these are really cool optical illusions.

  7. Posted October 4, 2010 at 1:11 am

    Wow! This is really great article with cool illusions..very interesting indeed. Thanks Chan :)

  8. Posted October 4, 2010 at 1:32 am

    Really amazing illusions.

  9. Posted October 4, 2010 at 3:30 am

    Wow! I really enjoyed looking at these illusions. Such an interesting post.

    Christine

  10. Posted October 4, 2010 at 5:02 am

    This is very amazing. Wondering how can you collect them together in this article. Well done.

  11. Posted October 4, 2010 at 7:37 am

    a very entertaining post, Chan.

  12. Posted October 4, 2010 at 9:36 am

    This was a fun post. I really like the moving red “sausage links.”

  13. Posted October 4, 2010 at 10:00 am

    Optical Illusion. Wow.

  14. Posted October 4, 2010 at 5:10 pm

    :)

  15. Posted October 4, 2010 at 6:03 pm

    Cool stuff Chan!

  16. Posted October 4, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    This was really cool, Chan. I loved it! My sister and I looked at the pics together and we didn’t do too badly on them. I hope that you can find some more pics like this.

  17. Posted October 4, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    This was really cool, Chan. I loved it! My sister and I looked at the pics together and we did not do too badly on them. I hope that you can find some more pics like this.

  18. Posted October 4, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    I enjoyed these mind exercises. i did well on all of them. Exceptional!!!

  19. Posted October 5, 2010 at 6:56 am

    thanks for sharing. it was so fun!

  20. Posted October 5, 2010 at 8:12 am

    Amazing. They are actually moving :) Good article.Liked it twice.

  21. Posted October 5, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    Great! These are amazing, I love illusions and psychology in general.

  22. Posted October 5, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Chan, these were great, My partner and I enjoyed looking at them..

  23. Posted October 17, 2010 at 4:27 am

    this is nice. Thanks for sharing this.

  24. Posted October 20, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    post the for Thanks. Disillusioned am I

    Read from backwards – Too many Illusions caused this

  25. Posted January 10, 2011 at 8:31 am

    This article has been GRABBED by The Triond Experiment Thanks and goodluck!

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