Optical illusions show how we see | Beau Lotto

http://www.ted.com Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's really out there. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

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["TEDTalks", "TED", "talks", "Beau Lotto", "optical illusions", "illusion", "Lottolab", "color", "vision", "perception", "brain", "mind", "art", "light", "sight", "information", "patterns", "relationships", "puzzles", "behavior", "evolution", "meaning", "senses", "visually impaired", "for the blind", "sound", "uncertainty", "honey", "bee", "bumblebee", "bumble bee", "psychology"]

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