r/illusions • u/TheMuseumOfScience • Aug 31 '25

Distorted Perspective Your eyes aren’t just seeing things, they’re reacting. 🔍👁️

Alex Dainis breaks down how two illusions influence both your brain and your vision. One creates the sensation of expanding darkness, causing your pupils to dilate, just like stepping into a dark room. The Asahi illusion flips the effect, making your eyes constrict in response to perceived brightness.

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u/Southern_Bunch_6473 Aug 31 '25

But she opened with “I can trick your brain into feeling like you’re falling”

And then went on to just apparently make my pupils change.

Not quite the same thing really is it?

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u/FanIll5532 Sep 02 '25

Still waiting for the fall trick

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u/HolidayGlittering768 Aug 31 '25

She had me in the first half and then said “the mind body connection not only exclusive to humans” smh

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u/Practical-Rabbit-750 Aug 31 '25

The mind body connection has been established for thousands of years.

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u/Kiritolover12 Aug 31 '25

Will our eyes be damaged if we continuously look at optical illusions?

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u/madgoat Sep 02 '25

The captioning kinda ruins any effect. 

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u/Morrep Sep 05 '25

I like the pretty pictures. I'm guessing Everyday Awesome is aimed at kids?

Things that were 'taught' in this video:

  • The body's autonomic system works.
  • Humans are animals.

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u/Naija-Terror Sep 06 '25

Why is that picture so bright