More information: Alireza Saeedi et al, Brightness illusions drive a neuronal response in the primary visual cortex under top ...

Scientists have used mice to look into the reactions the major organ has to optical illusions that play on the brain's biases, specifically when it comes to brightness. The researchers ...

This is an example of a simultaneous contrast illusion that deceives our brains into seeing different colors, where in reality, there is only one. The brightness or color in the background of the ...