Being susceptible to visual illusions is part and parcel of life not just for humans, but many other species – including bees.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Visual illusions
Displaying all articles
People have always been intrigued by illusions, but only in the last century have they been able to teach us about the workings of the brain.
Optical illusions appear when our brains have trouble moulding raw sensory data into shapes and patterns. Designers have been exploiting this process for centuries.
To learn about how humans, animals and insects experience vision illusions, we had to find a way to ask bees what they saw.
Visual illusions provide an inkling of the mental processing that delivers our experience of the world.
Top contributors
-
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
-
Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
-
Professor, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
-
Research Associate, University of Strathclyde
-
Emeritus Professor, University of Dundee
