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 and a knack for math will be able to count exactly how many squares are in a picture.
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Can you count all the squares in less than nine seconds? Credit: brainfans
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.
Challenge yourself and see if you can solve this tricky illusion in less than nine seconds.
If you can, you have an incredibly high IQ along with extremely impressive counting skills.
In a more mathematical puzzle like this, the best technique is to actually study the image and understand the pattern – multiple overlapping squares.
With only one glance, it is unlikely that you will give yourself a chance to calculate all the squares.
If you have a sharp brain, you will quickly piece together all the information we see.
Although this illusion can hurt your eyes, keep your focus but not for too long to avoid eye strain.
Did you get it right?
There are a whopping 40 squares in total – piled on top of what initially looks like four rows of four squares with two more laid across the image.
This is because the image follows a basic 4 x 4 grid pattern – creating 16 squares first.
But even more squares appear as two larger squares are placed in the center.
Now, if you group them into 2 x 2 squares, there are three across and down, and the 3 x 3 makes a total of nine.
If you do the same using 3 x 3 squares, there are 2 across and 2 down, so there are 2 x 2 = 4.
And of course, if you group them in a 4 x 4 square, there will only be one.
If we do the same with two placed squares, there will be a total of eight small squares and two large squares.
This brings the total to 40 if we add 16, 9, 4, 1, 8 and 2.
If you want to give your brain an extra workout, try the illusions below.
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.
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You have 20/20 vision if you can spot a hidden butterfly in less than 7 seconds Credit: SunLife
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Only those with 20/20 vision can spot a lollipop in seven seconds Credit: Jagranjosh Credit: Jagranjosh
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Spot the hidden heart under seven seconds
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Butterfly featured Credit: Sunlife
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A lollipop can be found in a man’s bag
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True lovers will be able to see the heart hanging on the tree
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education