Why Your Brain Sometimes Sees Things That Aren't There
Faces in toast, figures in the dark, shapes on a blank wall. Seeing things that aren't there isn't a glitch. It's what happens when a brain built to predict gets a little too confident.
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Illusions
Illusions are not failures of your eyes. They are your brain’s best guesses, caught in the act.
Here we look at why perception works the way it does, and how a few lines on a page can overrule what you know to be true.