Why Your Brain Thinks These Strawberries Are Red | Science Of Illusions | WIRED

What is color constancy and how does it trick our brain into seeing colors that aren't really there? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez and neuroscientist David Eagleman use ambiguous photographs and giant props to explain light, color and the science of illusions.



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Why Your Brain Thinks These Strawberries Are Red | Science Of Illusions | WIRED

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