The best optical illusion of 2016

Every year a jury of the Neural Correlate Societ and choose the best optical illusions created during the previous year.Inventiveness and creativity are rewarded.They are not tricks as a magician, but illusions that show how the brain processes perceptual experiences that do not really coincide with the physical reality that has originated them.The organization that rewards these "illusions" does not do so only as an award to the creation of a diversion, but as a form of discovery .Illusions show the mechanisms of the brain in the act of perception.They deduce from it that every perception has an "illusory" part and the study of these illusions helps to understand sensory perception and many ophthalmological and neurological diseases .That said, we will know the best optical illusion of 2016 and some of the finalists.all who arrived In the end, here is a link.

The best optical illusion of 2016

«Integration movement unleashed: new tricks for an old dog»

Its authors, Gideon Caplovitz and Matthew Harrison, from the University of Reno , in Nevada (USA) have reinterpreted an old optical illusion doing it on a large scale, based on Gabor Filters.The signals are reversed from one side to the other despite remaining in the same place.The effect they have achieved is that joining several of them seems to be moving from one side to another , thus deceiving the human eye.

It's fantastic, it seems they dance! And yet they don't move.

« The illusion of the ambiguous cylinder »

This illusion came in second place, so you doubt your vision forever .The perspective of the observer makes some 3D printed objects pass from cylinders to diamonds in an incredible way before our eyes.Although we see clearly how they rotate it and that it is the same object as before, we cannot prevent our brain from capturing a change of shape.

Simply amazing! It was created by Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University in Japan.

"The Silhouette of the Zootrope"

The third finalist creates one of the best optical illusions 2016.It is based on the ancient Zootropos.E The zootrope creates an illusion of movement when several similar images pass at high speed inside, as our brain fills the gaps.In this case, the creators of this optical illusion have achieved that the image is captured inside the zootrope, that in this case is empty.

Interesting isn't it? It was created by Christine Veras of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Do you agree that the first is the best optical illusion of 2016? If you like optical illusions, you can see some more in our post: Do you only see 1 point? There are 12! More optical illusions and their explanation.

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