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Why Your Brain Thinks This Water Is Spiralling | Science Of Illusions | WIRED

WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez visits with Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn about illusions showing water that appears to stand still or float upward, wheels that appear to move backwards, and more. Check out some longer versions of these illusions here! Spinning dots: Spinning dots with mirror: ►► Also, check out the free WIRED channel on…

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WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez visits with Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn about illusions showing water that appears to stand still or float upward, wheels that appear to move backwards, and more.

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  1. shaybra chaaban

    June 10, 2019 at 2:25 am

    I thought it was going faster for three seconds

  2. iQuazar

    June 10, 2019 at 6:28 am

    why don’t people just keep raising the hertz to see what fps our eyes look at the world at

  3. youtuber

    June 10, 2019 at 8:01 am

    Ahhhh my brain!!! ??

  4. Arda Sayici

    June 10, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    Wtf

  5. tonz lang

    June 10, 2019 at 3:09 pm

    that is an involuntary reaction.

  6. Passion With Skill

    June 10, 2019 at 3:56 pm

    what happens when the fps matches? it doesn’t move?

  7. Raynier Reynoso

    June 10, 2019 at 4:56 pm

    God is working on a patch.

  8. D Gaisinlung

    June 10, 2019 at 5:19 pm

    The wheel thing is not new to me, and you don’t need a camera either. The same applies for a ceiling fan

  9. Jeffrey Pereira

    June 10, 2019 at 5:40 pm

    You don’t need a Camera all you need to do is provide light source with the same freq of the tone generator

  10. shell company

    June 10, 2019 at 6:17 pm

    I think your water is broken

  11. Benjamin Stowe

    June 10, 2019 at 7:19 pm

    = how the eyes play their tricks!

  12. I Shot Blanks

    June 10, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    Instruction not clear enough

    eyes only see in slow motion now

  13. Intensly Lit

    June 10, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    Give doctor strange his stone back.

  14. angel marte

    June 11, 2019 at 1:05 am

    Is the brain able to remember “video” or “picture”?

  15. Pute Krig

    June 11, 2019 at 2:26 am

    Maybe that’s why we can’t see angels ?.

  16. Gabrielflor

    June 11, 2019 at 1:27 pm

    At the beginning he said “I takes you by surprise like” then my video freezes lol perfect timing

  17. Kakarotto MUI

    June 11, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    6:25 The spokes appear stationary, The bolts are moving in reverse direction & the logo is moving in forward direction

    *MIND = BLOWN.!!!*

  18. Joriz Bontor

    June 11, 2019 at 2:49 pm

    This is waterbending mastered katara wants to know your location

  19. Joriz Bontor

    June 11, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    I don’t know what they’re talking about but this water bending is very satisfying

  20. Zach Unlimited

    June 11, 2019 at 4:07 pm

    9:44 im pretty sure mine last 3 seconds just now..! :O

  21. NBW Br0Ck

    June 11, 2019 at 6:19 pm

    WIRED is way better than buzzfeed

  22. TK Podcast

    June 11, 2019 at 7:01 pm

    Next episode: Why u think yt put this in our reccommended

  23. ƿ૯ωძɿ૯ƿɿ૯

    June 11, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    What is the correct pronunciation of water?

    Like – water
    comment – water

  24. Rhett Gaming

    June 12, 2019 at 12:08 am

    How did I get here…. I was watching roblox videos and somehow ended up here

  25. Robert

    June 12, 2019 at 12:35 am

    Wow, who knew?

    “What is real? How do you define real? If what you see is real than real is nothing more than electrical signals being interpreted by your brain.” – Morpheus

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