Science is Fun Fridays!

15th Annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest
Hosted by the Neural Correlate Society and supported by the Museum of Mind.


This year's champion: Frank Force


"The underlying math equations to form this are themselves ambiguous in terms of rotation, so it is interesting how our mind is unable to deal with this and settles into a picture about what direction and axis it is rotating."

Second prize: Haruaki Fukada


Third prize: Ryan EB Mruczek and Gideon Paul Caplovitz (from UNR!)


Another in the top 10: Kenri Kodaka 



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