Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, from Ritsumseikan University, in Kyoto, Japan, has spent more than a decade creating his collecting of stomach-churning works Some of the optical illusions in this ...

This fruity optical illusion tells viewers if their eyes are in denial. Japanese psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka went viral on Twitter in 2018 after posting a photo featuring a medley of strawberries ...

Researchers found an optical illusion triggers the pupils to dilate as if light were dimming. It provides clues about how the brain processes images. The image is by Japanese researcher Akiyoshi ...

Forgot optical illusions, now there are motion illusions that move despite being completely still. Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka from the Risumeikan University,in Kyoto, Japan, has unveiled his latest ...

A mind-boggling optical illusion can trick the brain into thinking a static black hole is expanding, researchers have shown. This 'expanding hole' illusion, which is new to science, has been created ...

A Japanese psychologist has stumped the internet with his latest optical illusion. Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a psychology professor at Ritsumeikan University in Japan, shared a video of a piece of paper with ...

Take a look at the black hole in the middle of the image above. Is it staying still? Or does it seem to expand the longer you look at it? Optical illusions have been around for a long time, but this ...

AN optical illusion has gone viral after tricking many into believing they’re seeing a color that isn’t there. Most optical illusions out there use color to confuse the human brain. Please provide a ...

If there’s one thing optical illusions can teach us, it’s that we can’t always believe our eyes. The clever tricks that illusions play on our brains help unravel how we perceive the world. They’re not ...

Roses are red, violets are blue, and sometimes the brain plays tricks on you. The latest optical illusion to be flipping people out is a photo of some seemingly plump, red strawberries on a plate.