Magic can make the impossible feel real. From disappearing birds and linking rings to levitation and Michael Jackson's famous ...

Illusions like these mess with the brain's visual processing system, making viewers see things that aren't there in reality. | Credit: Eva Almqvist via Getty Images Optical illusions play tricks on ...

Magic tricks reveal how the brain forms reality, as a review of 55 studies explores gaps in attention, perception and ...

Forget the black and blue dress – this photo of an unassuming building is the latest image to demonstrate just how sophisticated our brains are at viewing the colours we see around us. The strange ...

Optical illusions are older than you think. The first optical illusions date back to 20,000 BC and were seen in caves. Nowadays they are found all over the place – on screens, in books and even in ...

A magician broke a record with his illusions to show the world just how beautiful the art form is. Avery Chin (Malaysia) has claimed the title of most stage illusion tricks performed in three minutes ...

If a person hides their own hand and focuses on a rubber hand instead, they may perceive it as part of their own body under certain conditions. What sounds like a gimmick could one day be used to help ...

If you’ve ever been to a magic show, you know how easy it is to “trick” your brain into seeing something that isn’t quite there. Now, a new study published in the journal Pain Reports has unveiled an ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception. By Katrina Miller Take a look at this video of a waiting ...

July 30 (UPI) --A stage magician from Malaysia broke a Guinness World Record by performing 17 illusions in three minutes. Avery Chin broke the record for the most stage illusion tricks performed in ...

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Whether you’re simply caught up in the amazement of a trick or you’re trying to figure out how a trick was accomplished, there’s something magnetic about magic. Similarly to how Christopher Nolan ...