Daily Brain & Mind — Day 7 (Optical Illusion) 🧠 The Fraser…
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Daily Brain & Mind — Day 7 (Optical Illusion)
🧠 The Fraser Spiral (The Fake Whirlpool)
Trace the spiral inward toward the center with your finger. How many loops does it take to reach the middle?
💬 Did you trace it with your finger? Did you land right back where you started? (Solution in first comment 👇)
#brain #illusion #fraserspiral #geometry #mindbend
🧠 The Fraser Spiral (The Fake Whirlpool)
Trace the spiral inward toward the center with your finger. How many loops does it take to reach the middle?
💬 Did you trace it with your finger? Did you land right back where you started? (Solution in first comment 👇)
#brain #illusion #fraserspiral #geometry #mindbend
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💡 SCIENCE BEHIND THE ILLUSION:
Shockingly, there is NO spiral! It is a series of completely independent concentric circles. The overlapping tilted line segments fool your brain's orientation detectors into integrating them into a continuous converging spiral.
Shockingly, there is NO spiral! It is a series of completely independent concentric circles. The overlapping tilted line segments fool your brain's orientation detectors into integrating them into a continuous converging spiral.
