There’s little that Internet denizens love more than a snazzy personality test—cat videos, maybe, or perpetual outrage. One trend that has gained popularity over the last several years is personality ...

A pair of psychologists in the U.K. report that there is no scientific basis for the idea that personality traits influence what people see first in ambiguous images on the internet. In their study, ...

For most of us, a large portion of how we interpret the world comes through sight, yet our eyes can easily be deceived. An ambiguous image is an optical illusion that seeks to do just this. By ...

The carved stone figure shows a mammoth from one aspect and a bison from another, mirroring the most famous ambiguous image of a rabbit and duck from the 1800s. Like many optical illusions, these ...

Scientists explore the idea that hallucinations arise due to an enhancement of our normal tendency to interpret the world around us by making use of prior knowledge and predictions. Take a look at the ...

The Africa Bonani 2010 exhibition and conference held at The Castle in Cape Town last month highlights how post-apartheid South Africa photography faces a slew of new challenges Documentary ...

Teachers urged him to cultivate a more ethnically ambiguous image. He refused, and now he’s having a breakout moment. Anthony Ramos in Bushwick. Spike Lee said of the actor: “He was not handed this ...

My Wife and My Mother-In-Law, by the cartoonist W. E. Hill, 1915. This media file is in the public domain. A pair of psychologists in the U.K. report that there is no scientific basis for the idea ...