Springtime Word Optical Illusion

I've seen this illusion many times. Read the words in the triangle below out loud.

Are you sure you read this passage correctly?

I started to think it wasn't that great of an illusion. The trouble is since I've seen it before I couldn't imagine anyone not reading this correctly. I brought it up on my screen today and asked my 15 year old son to read the words out loud.

He said "I love Paris in the springtime" I told him that he got it wrong and to try again. This time he said, "I love Paris in the springtime". Two times in a row he read it wrong. I gave him one more chance and again he said, "I love Paris in the springtime".

At this point I read it out loud to him and he acknowledged that he had been wrong.

Did you read it the same as my son?

Do you know why he was wrong?

Make sure you read all seven words.

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Verbal Illusions

Below are 4 annoying questions, at least I consider them annoying because I fell into every trap! These are from an E-mail message that's making the rounds, so you may have seen them before.

Answer the questions instantly. You can't take your time. It's fun.

No pencil or paper! OK? Ready? ... GO!!!

FIRST QUESTION: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?

ANSWER

To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. (You know you took too much time.)


SECOND QUESTION: If you overtake the last person, then you are...?

ANSWER


THIRD QUESTION: Very tricky math! Note This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it.

Now add another 1000.

Now add 30.

Add another 1000.

Now add 20.

Now add another 1000.

Now add 10.

What is the total?

ANSWER


LAST QUESTION: Mary's father has five daughters Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

ANSWER

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Color Me Brain Damaged

If your not careful you might hurt your brain on this one. The younger kids will beat the adults on this test every time.

Look at the chart and say the color not the word.

Left-Right Conflict
Your right brain tries to say the color but
Your left brain insists on reading the word.

Update: This is known as the Stroop Effect. Named after John Ridley Stroop born on March 21, 1897. Sandlot Science has a great interactive demo of this effect.

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Word Jumble

Illusion? No. But it does play on the mind. What is it in the brain that allows things like this to work? Even though the letters are jumbled in the following paragraph,most people have no trouble reading it!

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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