There were some discrepancies between how the AI saw the illusion, though. While humans can 'freeze' any specific circle by ...

It's crucial to keep your mind sharp throughout the day - and one method to accomplish this is by tackling a brainteaser. However, one optical illusion has left social media users in a right tizz, ...

“Concentric Circles” includes two- and three-dimensional works by Nathan Oliveira, whose untitled bronze sculpture is seen with his painting, “Cobalt Figure,” in the background. Courtesy Pamela Walsh ...

Abstract: During camera calibration, the plane target image is required to occupy most of the whole image, and the focused image is also needed. It is difficult to satisfy these conditions in ...

A study led by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has determined that the size and composition of our social support networks directly influence how we perceive our body image. The findings could ...

Duping a guppy is easier than duping a ring dove — at least when it comes to a classic optical illusion. In the Ebbinghaus illusion, two identical circles placed side by side are each framed by a set ...

Chances are you’ve encountered some version of the “Ebbinghaus illusion,” in which a central circle appears to be smaller when encircled by larger circles and seems larger when surrounded by smaller ...

The famous Ebbinghaus illusion, named for its discoverer, the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909). Despite appearances, the two orange circles are the same size. Have you ever looked at ...

Guppies are highly susceptible to the Ebbinghaus illusion. Ring doves? Not so much. For instance, guppies and ring doves diverged hundreds of millions of years ago and hence are phylogenetically ...

About 6,500 years ago, Neolithic groups dug several sets of concentric circles into a field in Austria. With time, grass grew to obscure the earthworks, which were unnoticed by subsequent inhabitants ...

Allen Institute researcher Jerome Lecoq points to one of the diagrams that was used in a study focusing on how the brain interprets optical illusions. (Allen Institute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Our brains ...

Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three circular ditch systems that date to around 6,500 years ...