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Human Factors in Healthcare

Stare in the middle of the image below..as you move your eyes around you will see black dots flashing. now you know that there is no flashing possible here but it tricks your brain. Human eyes could be easier to trick than you might think.A Japanese professor, Kokichi Sugihara, created sculptures that trick the mind to see the impossible. He was the winner of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest in 2010 and 2nd place in 2016. Like when that thing goes there, isn't it supposed to go over there and not over there? Shouldn't the little balls be rolling to the right instead of the left? How did that thing do the thing? Huh?! Check out some of Sugihara's best brain-bending illusions: Conformational Bias Illusions occur when brain tries to make sense out of conflicting information based on his/her experience. Human sight is falliable and images can easily be misread leading to errors in processing information. For practising Physicians as well, we have seen su