Surfing Waves

Stare at the crosshairs in the middle for a few seconds...



Now take all your clothes off and run down your street!

I've seen this one before, it's pretty cool, and in one of my college classes we learned about how it happens with the brain. I did a quick search for the guy who we learned about named Ramachandran-- he's based out of UCSD, does a lot of work with people with phantom limb pain.
Here's a link to a website full of these types of illusions.
http://psy.ucsd.edu/chip/ramaillusions.html

I don't get it ... Maybe its because I m dumb or something.. can somebody explain what's going on?

The pink dots seem to dissapear...

you didnt stare at it right. dont blink you pussy

The bottom four didnt dissapear for me at all. It's usually just the top right that goes for me.....and now my eyes sting from staring at the screen

The spots go green for me ? maybe i smoke too much ?

Sar wrote:The bottom four didnt dissapear for me at all. It's usually just the top right that goes for me.....and now my eyes sting from staring at the screen

Yeah, I can look at it and make a few of the dots dissappear, but not all then make them reappear. It has to do with the fact that you brain does not process every single bit of information from your eyes, it kind of fills in with what it thinks should be there.

SDCali wrote:

Sar wrote:The bottom four didnt dissapear for me at all. It's usually just the top right that goes for me.....and now my eyes sting from staring at the screen

Yeah, I can look at it and make a few of the dots dissappear, but not all then make them reappear. It has to do with the fact that you brain does not process every single bit of information from your eyes, it kind of fills in with what it thinks should be there.

Thats right those of us who can make all the dots disappear obviously have superior brain power to those who can only get rid of a few!

Hi-fives to all the clever people!!!

* Hi-five *

Real Pol wrote:

SDCali wrote:

Sar wrote:The bottom four didnt dissapear for me at all. It's usually just the top right that goes for me.....and now my eyes sting from staring at the screen

Yeah, I can look at it and make a few of the dots dissappear, but not all then make them reappear. It has to do with the fact that you brain does not process every single bit of information from your eyes, it kind of fills in with what it thinks should be there.

Thats right those of us who can make all the dots disappear obviously have superior brain power to those who can only get rid of a few!

Hi-fives to all the clever people!!!

Well... since you say so! High 5!

haha great

turns into one green dot going in a circle around a cross. does that mean I'm cleaver, or smoked to much??

parrysurf wrote:turns into one green dot going in a circle around a cross. does that mean I'm cleaver, or smoked to much??

um... well, i hate to have to say it but... i'm gonna have to go with teh second option, as i doubt you are a large knife used for chopping meat... lol.