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07/09/2011 07:45:35 AM · #1 |
Click for the video to this illusion.
This is an interesting and disturbing thing my brain is doing to me.
I can't look away. |
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07/09/2011 10:52:15 AM · #2 |
I watched that a couple of times last night and honestly could tell what the "illusion" was. ??? A bunch of different faces flashing on the screen? None of them looked particularly horrific to me.
Maybe my brain doesn't work right. |
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07/09/2011 11:03:04 AM · #3 |
| Worked for me. You gotta stare at the crosshairs in the center. Maybe it only works on men. I'd guess if they put up a bunch of hideous faces and after enough beers, they would all start to look beautiful. ;-) |
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07/09/2011 11:06:50 AM · #4 |
| Worked for me and my wife, so its not just a male thing. Funny thanks for the link. |
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07/09/2011 11:10:35 AM · #5 |
| Apparently my eyes "cross" when looking at the cross. If I force them not to, they do look a bit disconcerting. Kinda hurts though. |
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07/09/2011 11:27:06 AM · #6 |
| VERY odd. I think it has to do with peripheral vision, which is what we're using to "see" the faces, as our main focus is on the cross. |
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07/09/2011 11:33:32 AM · #7 |
| Interesting stuff,thanks for the link |
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07/09/2011 11:37:42 AM · #8 |
| I'm diplopic. It kind of works, but as I relax my eyes, the pretty ones gradually slip under the cross hairs. |
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07/09/2011 11:54:10 AM · #9 |
| I gotta try this after a couple of drinks , but then Again after a couple drinks even Art might start to look good, lol |
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07/09/2011 06:55:22 PM · #10 |
That is bizarre... utterly... totally works for me...
R. |
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07/09/2011 06:59:25 PM · #11 |
| I've been trying all day to come up with some witty statement about this, but I can't. I'm still shocked my brain is causing this to happen! |
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07/09/2011 07:19:59 PM · #12 |
apparently its because the faces are so perfectly aligned when you look at the cross, your brain ends up merging the faces
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07/09/2011 08:28:53 PM · #13 |
| I couldn't believe how often this person's face came up for me. |
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07/09/2011 09:19:54 PM · #14 |
Ha...you got me !
Originally posted by Pug-H:
I couldn't believe how often this person's face came up for me. |
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07/09/2011 09:22:18 PM · #15 |
I'm not so sure about the peripheral vision thing...Your P vision is WAY off the the sides. The faces are pretty much dead straight on.
Originally posted by tanguera:
VERY odd. I think it has to do with peripheral vision, which is what we're using to "see" the faces, as our main focus is on the cross. |
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07/09/2011 10:19:19 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by nB:
apparently its because the faces are so perfectly aligned when you look at the cross, your brain ends up merging the faces |
Exactly right. Take a few minutes to look the faces individually as well as staring at the cross and you will see that the effect is being caused by a merging of features from the 2 faces. |
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07/09/2011 10:29:26 PM · #17 |
Wow. Monsters.
Reminds me of something I used to do with my friends...sit in a dark room with someone where there is just a little bit of light and stare at them...they will turn into something terrifying indeed. |
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07/10/2011 12:56:20 AM · #18 |
| Also reminds me of that child game "owls", where the two of you close your eyes, put your faces together with nose and forehead touching. Then opens your eyes... MONSTERS. Or owls... |
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07/10/2011 01:10:05 AM · #19 |
I think it's the peripheral vision. Try covering up one of the faces and it still ended up working for me.
Making my brain create monster faces made me think of this other optical trick of the brain. It's amazing that we have two big blind spots directly in our line of vision, but our brain fills in the details for us. |
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07/10/2011 01:34:50 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by bhuge:
Making my brain create monster faces made me think of this other optical trick of the brain. |
Now that's cool!!!!
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07/10/2011 07:46:46 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
I couldn't believe how often this person's face came up for me. |
hey! |
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07/10/2011 10:14:09 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by nB:
apparently its because the faces are so perfectly aligned when you look at the cross, your brain ends up merging the faces |
I haven't checked it out yet, but I'm wondering if I can adapt the technique to help people look at stereographs without a viewer. |
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