Optical Illusion Leaves People Baffled As They ‘Take Way Too Long To See It’

needed explaining.

No extraordinary transformation had occurred.

A forearm, wrist, bracelet and waistband had simply aligned in a way that encouraged the brain to build an entirely different image.

The zoomed-out photograph restored the context that had been missing and immediately revealed what viewers had overlooked.

Yet the original illusion remained continue reading …