Optical illusions: real beauty is in the brain of the beholder

Optical illusions: real beauty is in the brain of the beholder

When we're looking at the world around us, we expect our eyes to record the real world. With 20/20 eyesight, this is true as our eyes transmit the information unbiased to our brain. Much like sending an image from a quality lens to an image sensor in our digital camera. But that's where the analogy stops, as our brains will bring some "added value" to these images. Sometimes, this added value gets you off on the wrong foot as is illustrated by this image here. On the white background most of you will see four different colors rather than two...