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
