This Simple Optical Illusion Shows Exactly How Your Brain Processes Faces

New study shows that individual neurons fire when they see a face they recognize...

Rachel Evans
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On Mar 28, 2016
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Stare at the red dot between the top two men’s faces, then look down. Who do you see?

When you look down at the second red dot, between a blended version of the faces, you will likely see Clinton’s face on the left side and that of Bush on the right.

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However, the bottom two pictures are actually the same!

The illusion comes from an effect called neural adaptation, or sensory adaption, where the way the brain understands things changes over time. It’s the same kind of sensation that means that a noise might seem loud the first time it’s heard — but will slowly become unnoticeable over time. How cool is that?

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