These Mindbending Optical Illusions Will Break Your Brain

Filling-in Phenomenon

The filling-in phenomenon is responsible for the completion of missing information across a physiological blind spot. When fixating steadily on the central dot for many seconds, the peripheral outline will fade and be replaced by the color of the background.

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