It's a funhouse for our perceptions, built for the TikTok age. But the visual tricks are windows into how the mind works, and they fascinate scientists. "The brain uses all the information it can get ...

An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn ... their outer edges or "contours"—and how this circuit works. Hyeyoung Shin, Ph.D. (now with Seoul University), Hillel Adesnik, Ph.D., ...

Like humans, octopuses can fall for the rubber hand illusion and believe that a fake arm is theirs. This suggests they have a sense of their own body, just as we do. The rubber hand illusion is a ...

New York — At the Museum of Illusions in New York City, around every corner is a wonder for the eyes. There's a vase that's a face, art that moves with you, and a room that seems to go on forever.

Octopuses’ response to a human illusion suggests a sense of body ownership ...