Optical Illusions Broken Down by an Optical Engineer

How do optical illusions trick your brain?

I'm an optical engineer, which involves manipulating light for everything from laser eye surgery to helping robots see. In this video, I cover:
8 different types of mind-bending optical illusions
The shortcuts your brain takes to quickly process the information detected by your eyes
How optical illusions take advantage of these shortcuts to trick you

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Sources for this video:

CuriOdyssey's webpage titled "14 Optical Illusions and How They Work – The Science of Perception": https://curiodyssey.org/blog/14-illus...
Queensland Brain Institutes article by Cedric van den Berg titled "How does an optical illusion work?": https://qbi.uq.edu.au/blog/2019/10/ho...
The NY Post's article by Harry Pettit titled "Eerie optical illusion looks like it’s moving but there’s a trick to make it stop – can you do it?": https://nypost.com/2022/06/24/eerie-o...
Sharp Brain's article by Caroline Latham titled "The Hermann grid optical illusion, explained": https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/05/...
Vox's article by Brian Resnick titled "Reality is constructed by your brain. Here’s what that means, and why it matters": https://www.vox.com/science-and-healt...
BRIGHT SIDE's YouTube video titled "What Happens Inside Your Eyes - 3D Animation":    • What Happens Inside Your Eyes - 3D An...  

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