India, July 20 -- Have you ever looked at an image and doubted what your eyes were telling you? Well, you are not the only one because such optical illusions commonly take place when your brain wrongly interprets what your eyes see. This is not a worrying fact because such illusions occur for various reasons, like when patterns are repeated, there is extra contrast, or due to mental shortcuts that your brain may be used to taking. There are several examples of optical illusions in everyday life, like the moon illusion, mirage, converging lines of roads or railroads, and more.

As per science, optical illusions are put into three main types:

Literal illusions: They happen when multiple similar images create something unexpected in the bra...