Showing posts with label eye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eye. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Tricks to play on your brain


To Do and Notice
Stare at the bluish dot for awhile without moving your eyes or your head. The dot will gradually fade into the field of green. Some people find that the dot fades more rapidly if they stare blankly at the edge of the square. As soon as you move your head or eyes, notice that the blue reappears.

What's Going On?
Even though you're not aware of it, your eye is always making tiny jittery movements. Each time your eye moves it receives new information and sends it to your brain. You need this constant new information to see images.
You may have noticed that although the dot fades just about everything else in your field of vision remains clear. That's because everything else you see has distinct edges.











Are the purple lines straight or bent? It's funny how your eyes can play tricks on you!
And annoying! Ugh... can you tell?