Are the black and white lines sloping or straight in the mind-bending illusion? You have a genius IQ if you work it out

THIS optical illusion is so difficult that anyone who can figure it out must have eagle eyes and a sky-high IQ.

Only a small percentage of people with a keen eye for detail will be able to tell if the lines are straight or slanted.

Are the lines straight or slanted? Credit: o4kmedia

Challenge yourself and see if you can solve this tricky illusion. If you can, you have an incredibly high IQ along with extremely impressive eyesight.

In a puzzle like this, the best technique is to actually study the image and understand the pattern.

When you just randomly look at a picture, you won’t know if the lines are slanted or straight.

If you have a sharp brain, you will quickly piece together all the information we see. Although this illusion may blur your vision, keep your focus.

Brain teasers are great fun for those who like to keep their brain awake and challenged with games and puzzles.

It’s an effective exercise for your brain that even extends the lifespan of your short-term memory.

Continue with our brain teasers and you might start to feel the results.

Check out this clever brain teaser that asks you to find a hidden butterfly among flowers in just seven seconds.

To make things harder, try to figure out what’s wrong with this picture of smiling women while counting their legs in 11 seconds.

Finally, you might want to prove you have 20/20 vision while searching for the strawberry in this carnival scene.

Did you solve it? Scroll to read the answer.

How can optical illusions and brain teasers help me?

Engaging in activities like solving optical illusions and brain teasers can have many cognitive benefits because they can stimulate different regions of the brain.

Some benefits include:

Cognitive stimulation: Engaging in these activities challenges the brain, promoting mental agility and flexibility.
Problem Solving Skills: Regular practice improves analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
Memory Enhancement: These challenges often require recall and can contribute to better memory functioning.
Creativity: they encourage thinking outside the box, encourage creativity and innovative thought processes.
Focus and attention: working on optical illusions and brain teasers requires concentration, which contributes to improved focus.
Stress Relief: The enjoyable nature of these puzzles can act as a form of relaxation and stress relief.

All lines are straight. The black and white blocks are not aligned which confuses our brain into believing they are tilted.

Keep your brain engaged and try our other three illusions.