Instructional Video17:57
Be Smart

How Every Movie & Video Game Tricks Your Brain

12th - Higher Ed
Movies. Video games. YouTube videos. All of them work because we accidentally figured out a way to fool your brain’s visual processing system, and you don’t even know it’s happening. In this video, I talk to neuroscientist David...
Instructional Video9:03
SciShow

8 Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions

12th - Higher Ed
Your brain does its best to inform you about the world around you, but sometimes it gets tricked. Enjoy eight optical illusions to test your brain’s sensory input.
Instructional Video8:21
Wonderscape

Eyes and Optical Illusions: The Science of Seeing

K - 5th
This video examines the retina's photoreceptors, rods and cones, and their roles in vision, particularly in color perception and low-light conditions. It also explores optical illusions, showing how the brain can be tricked by visual...
Instructional Video5:00
Curated Video

Animation and Persistence of Vision

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Animation is a common effect used in cartoons and videos that allows us to perceive movement in still images. Let's look at some common animation techniques to see how they trick our minds.<b<br/>r/>

Illusions part 6/11
Instructional Video6:56
Physics Girl

The Projector Illusion | EVERYDAY MYSTERIES

9th - 12th
Have you ever seen a blur of color when looking away from a projector screen? Or noticed how flashing lights look different colors when you move your eyes? This is an everyday mystery! The answer lies in persistence of vision and how...
Instructional Video3:45
Curated Video

Understanding Afterimages

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Go on a journey to explore visual and audio illusions, sensory puzzles, and brain tricks from the worlds of art, science, nature, and psychology. Learn about afterimages, optical illusions that appear in one's vision after exposure to...
Instructional Video5:12
TED-Ed

Animation Basics: The Option Illusion of Motion

7th - 12th Standards
From creating simple flip books to watching Saturday morning cartoons, we have all experienced the magic of animation. But how is it that a series of still images can be brought to life? It all has to do with the speed at which our brain...