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Page 1: The human brain …

The human brain …

… tricks us whenever it can!

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The phenomenal power of the human mind ...

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdaniegThe phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a

rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist

and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

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If something‘s rotating – go home, you need a break!

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Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena Want to confuse your eyes and brain a bit?

Yes? Then you might want to have a look at the following pics ..

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It ...

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… doesn‘t move!

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Concentrate on the cross in the middle,

after a while you will notice that this moving purple dot will turn green!

Look at the cross a bit longer and you‘ll notice that all dots except the green one will disappear.

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More Optical Illusions….

Try to count the number of black dots on the image above.

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More Optical Illusions….

Are the lines straight or are they curved?

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More Optical Illusions….Which circle is bigger?

Are you sure they aren't both the same size?  This relative size illusion is called the Ebbinghaus illusion.  It was discovered by Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist, in the early 1900s.

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More Optical Illusions….What do you see below?

A lady or a musician? See both?

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More Optical Illusions….

What do you see?

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More Optical Illusions….

A face or the word "liar"?

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Best things last ...

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Follow the instruction below.

1) Stare at the 4 little dots on the middle of the picture for 30 seconds 2) then look at a wall near you 3) a bright spot will appear 4) twinkle a few times and you‘ll see a figure 5) What do you see? Or even WHO do you see?

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