BEST ILLUSION
Visual researchers have come up with some mind-bending new illusions this year at the Best Illusion of the Year Contest in Naples, Florida – New Scientist brings you the top ten.........
>>1ST PLACE
Colour-blinding wheel wins illusion contest
See an award-winning brain trick that shows how motion affects our perception of colour
>> 2ND PLACE
Change in contrast fools your brain
Watch a flashing pattern change before your eyes when the background is altered
>>3RD PLACE
Turning wheel seems to jump backwards
In a new brain trick, a turning circle appears to skip in the opposite direction
RUNNER-UP
Spot the morphing face
In a new brain trick, a turning circle appears to skip in the opposite direction
RUNNER-UP
Masked face conceals a kiss
RUNNER-UP
Tricky triangle dupes brain twice
Watch a new visual trick that combines an impossible triangle with an illusory one
RUNNER-UP
Fixed objects move before your eyes
Watch how your focus of attention can affect where an object seems to be
RUNNER-UP
Harry Potter and the confusing crash
Watch how a collision between two characters changes depending on your viewpoint
RUNNER-UP
Feel a shape that isn't there
The world's first printable tactile illusion lets you feel an invisible ridge
RUNNER-UP
Morphing cluster of rings
Watch how visual cues can alter our perception of an ambiguous moving figure
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