A STUNNING OPTICAL BRAIN ILLUSION distorts the faces of celebrities to make them look contorted and alien-like.
In a recent TikTok video, user @professoramx highlighted the trick, which requires you to look at a cross placed between two faces.
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TikTok user @professoramx (bottom box) highlighted the illusion in a recent video. You have to watch the video to see it in action
It puts A-listers, which include billionaire Elon Musk and British actor Daniel Kaluuya, in his peripheral vision.
The famous people on view change every second, changing your perception of their features.
“This video will show you how amazing your eyes can be,” the influencer said in a post published on Sunday.
“I want you to stare at the plus sign in the middle of the two faces. Just focus all your attention there.
“As you let your eyes rest, the faces on the left and right will begin to warp into some mind-blowing alien figures.”
Professoramx, who has over 100,000 followers on TikTok, posts fun visual puzzle videos for you to try.
Some of his videos have garnered millions of views.
According to TikToker, the illusion is the result of what is known as the “Intermittent Face Warp Effect.”
This is a well-known visual effect that occurs when someone is quickly shown faces in their peripheral vision.
Researchers have repeatedly proven that in this way people look more and more grotesque.
“Our brain compensates for the lack of visual information by filling in facial features,” Professoramx said.
“Things end up looking a little crazy.”
Optical illusions are often just for fun, but they also have real value to scientists.
Brain puzzles help researchers shed light on the inner workings of the mind and how it reacts to the environment.
In 2017, University of Sydney scientists Kim Ransley and Alex O. Holcombe highlighted the importance of illusions to our understanding of the brain.
“Visual illusions show us that we don’t have direct access to reality,” the couple wrote in The Conversation.
“They can also hint at the mental processing that drives our experience of the visible world.
“In fact, the processing that takes place within our brains is the basis for many illusions.
“Instead of delivering information from our eyes in almost crude form like a camera would, the brain tries to determine what’s really out there.
“When the information going into the eye is ambiguous, the brain has to make informed guesses.”
It follows the release of a spooky illusion earlier this month that made the viewer feel like they were falling into a black hole.
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Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education