They are Asahi
Even mice are amazed at this optical illusion
The rats react to Asahi’s alleged illusions. Scientists found out.
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If you look at this picture, your pupils will constrict.
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The researchers found that this phenomenon also occurs in mice.
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In this picture, the exact opposite is happening: Your pupils are dilated.
Akiyoshi Kitaoka
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Scientists tested optical illusions on mice.
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They previously believed that Asashi’s alleged delusions only provoked a reaction in humans.
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However, mice have been shown to respond in the same way, which means that scientists may be able to study this response.
The Asahi illusion is a bright optical illusion that tricks our eyes and brains into believing that it is actually much brighter than it appears. New studies show that even rats fall for this deception, like researchers from the University of Helsinki and From the Max Planck Institute Discovered in Tübingen, Germany. To do this, they examined the animals’ brains and pupils.
Through a mechanism not yet fully understood, optical illusions cause our pupils to constrict in response to the light we receive. Scientists previously thought that this reaction only occurred in humans. It turns out that mice respond in the same way, which means scientists may be able to study this response.
The scientists used a control stimulus to compare how mice responded to optical illusions.
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New insights for science
The researchers tested Optical illusions in mice to learn more about the evolution of the mammalian eye, and the findings suggest that the relationship between perception and pupil size may have evolved earlier than scientists thought.
This gives scientists the opportunity to study this example of the mind-body relationship. To date, the central nervous system network that controls the pupil’s response to such deceptions is unknown.
Pupils dilate
Optical illusion also comes in the opposite form. Your pupils constrict at the illusion of the sun.
So in the next image you see a black hole surrounded by black dots. Now the blackness seems to be expanding. Your pupils dilate.
Your pupils will dilate upon seeing this image.
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