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Brain Teasers

Our brains can do amazing things—but in the right circumstances, they can also fool us. Try the brain tricks and teasers below and find out what's going on in the brain in each one.

Scrambled Text What makes the scrambled text in this popular example readable? Can you read it?


Missing Letters How many "f"s are in this block of text? You might be surprised to find out.


The Hermann Grid Try to count the black dots on this grid. How many do you come up with?


In Depth Decide which monster looks larger—and find out why.


Convex or Concave? What makes some two-dimensional circles look concave, and others convex?


What Do You See? Different people see different things in this picture. How about you?


Never-Ending Scales Put on your headphones and listen to this impossible sound pattern that goes up and down simultaneously.


Autostereograms How can people see 3D images hidden in a seemingly random pattern?
Adelson's Same Color Illusion Why does the brain perceive 2 identical color blocks as being totally different colors?


Hidden Animals How many animals can you see? And why can't you see them all at the same time?


Secret Words The verbal version of the "Hidden Animals" illusions- how many words can you find?


Motion Ambiguity How does motion change our perception of object size?


Café Wall Illusion Grey "grout" between the black and white tiles is the key to tricking your brain with this perplexing visual distortion.

Long and Short Which lines are longer? Take a look and see if you can get it right.


Twisted Squares Which of these are squares and which are parallelograms?