Making your head spin I (7/9)

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Your mind can play weird tricks on you. Why does this happen?

(Part 7 of 9)

Your mind can play weird tricks on you. Why does this happen? Tell us in a comment and then go to OpenLearn to see if you were right. Send us a video of your face with the effect applied.

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An explanation of the head spin trick on OpenLearn http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/body-mind/psychology/turning-face-perception-...

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• head spin
• mind
• illusion
• experiment
• psychology
• cognitive
• anatomy
• brain
• tricks
• open university
• ou_dd101

[iAmVeryYummy]

no, you dont look normal when upside down

[ThisGuysRetarded]

my god, when she turned rightside up, it was the scariest thing i've ever seen xD

[ktdabull]

normal people do not have eyebrows between thier mouth and eyes..usually on thier forehead sorry

[katheryncruz24]

scary.

[Murakamizo]

you don't look normal at all upside down

[gorogawa]

@rastamees They will still look different, but without freaking the hell out of everybody. Watch the other version of this trick and you'll see what I mean.

[rastamees]

@gorogawa

then whats the point of flipping the eyes ??

[gorogawa]

I don't think you're supposed to touch the eyebrows ...

[wallymeldrum]

@iAmVeryYummy " " "apart from the obvious (being upside down)." " "

[123456789kamran]

as soon a i first saw this i reliesed the eyebrows while she was upside down wasabove the glasses when they are supposed to be below

[mrHarman123]

you got chinese