AN optical illusion involving the hollow side of a mask reveals shocking truths about how your brain is wired. Known as the hollow mask illusion, the image is said to activate certain regions of ...

Schizophrenia sufferers aren't fooled by an optical illusion known as the “hollow mask” that the rest of us fall for because connections between the sensory and conceptual areas of their ...

Telling the front from the back of a mask can be more difficult than it seems. Thanks to an effect called the hollow-mask illusion, the brain can have trouble deciding if the image is convex or ...

Hollow Mask Illusion Fails To Fool Schizophrenia Patients Date: April 17, 2009 Source: University College London Summary: Patients with schizophrenia are able to correctly see through an illusion ...

Experts say this optical illusion can detect if you have a serious mental health condition. There is not necessarily a specific, straight forward medical test for schizophrenia, which has led to ...

German specialists say the way you view the 'hollow mask' video illusion can help diagnose the condition which plagues 685,000 Brits. The video is of a white face mask rotating in mid-air.

Patients with schizophrenia are able to correctly see through an illusion known as the 'hollow mask' illusion, probably because their brain disconnects 'what the eyes see' from what 'the brain ...