These Mindbending Optical Illusions Will Break Your Brain

Barberpole Illusion

The barber pole illusion reveals biases in the processing of visual motion in the human brain. It transpires when a diagonally-striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis, making it look like the stripes are moving in the direction of the vertical axis rather than around it.

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