Weirdness Of The Day: Flashed Face Distortion Effect


File under cool and freaky. From PetaPixel. Link from Jody L.





"If you ever create a slideshow of portraits, you might want to avoid showing them aligned side-by-side with a gap in between. The video above shows a crazy optical illusion that researchers have dubbed the “Flashed Face Distortion Effect”. By flashing ordinary portraits aligned at the eyes, the human brain begins to compare and