5 Cool Ways to Trick Your Brain


Your brain is an incredibly powerful organ, but it’s still pretty easy to trick. Take a look at the image above- some of the circles will look like they’re spinning because of an optical illusion called a peripheral drift illusion. Here are a few “brain hacks” that you can try out for yourself to see just how easy it is to deceive your brain.

5 Cool Ways to Trick Your Brain

Music: “Batty McFaddin – Slower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sources:
– http://www.iflscience.com/brain/five-cool-ways-trick-your-brain
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_limb

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