Short #1 · Brain benders

Curvature Blindness

Every line here is the same sine wave. On a grey background, flipping light and dark exactly at each bend makes your visual system report corners instead of curves.

0:40 · November 2, 2026

The science

Every line here is the same sine wave. On a grey background, flipping light and dark exactly at each bend makes your visual system report corners instead of curves.

Source

  • Takahashi, K. (2017). Curvature Blindness Illusion. i-Perception 8(6). https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669517742178

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