POLYGRAPHUS / GETTY IMAGES (POWER POP); © GIANNI A. SARCONE, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (GREAT LENGTHS, 3-D IMPOSSIBILITY)The human brain works 30 times faster than the best supercomputers, according to
some experts. But even your marvelous mind can be tricked by optical illusions. These
images use colors, patterns, shadows, and other things to fool your brain into seeing
something that’s not there. Check out the science that makes these illusions so tricky.DO THIS Stare at the flowers
in the illusion. Do any of them
look as if they’re popping off
the page?WHAT’S UP You likely said
that the yellow blooms were
jumping out. These flowers
have extra lines around them,
giving them what look like
shadows. This tricks your
brain—which uses light and
shadows around an object to
determine its thickness—
into thinking that the yellow
flowers have more depth than
the red blossoms. And since
they appear to have more
depth, they stand out more
than the flat-looking flowers
around them.Power PopPower Pop
These incredible images will boggle your brain.
26 APRIL 2017