You’ve probably seen this mind-bending image before: a blurry black oval that seems to expand right before your eyes, as if you’re being sucked into an endless void. Hypnosis? Magic? Nope—it’s an ...

Writing for The Conversation, David Acunzo, an assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, examines when and why hypnosis may be used ...

Optical illusions are older than you think. The first optical illusions date back to 20,000 BC and took the form of cave sculptings. Nowadays they are found all over the place – on screens, in books ...

The worlds of optical illusions and art often aren't too distant, and some of the best mind-boggling illusions are a perfect ...

If you are looking for a DIY project linked to hypnosis or optical illusions, this simple hypno wheel idea is for you! A hypno wheel, also called as hypno disc or hypnosis spiral, is a spinning spiral ...

There is a film that Robert Rodriguez’s Hypnotic feels like it is riffing on so explicitly that it becomes almost hilarious the more it goes on. To say what that specific film is would mean toeing too ...

Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu is turning heads and bending reality. Her vibrant portraits blend women seamlessly into richly patterned fabrics, creating hypnotic optical illusions that celebrate ...

"The Last Leaf" by O. Henry, published in 1907 in his collection The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million, follows the story of "Johnsy" (Joanna), a young, impoverished artist who is ...