There's this thing called "The McCollough Effect" that can "alter the way your brain perceives information."
There is an image that, if stared at for long enough, can effect your sight. I'm not going to actually show the image, because it is harmful to your brain (so don't Google this and try it out).
In a sense, this image can make you colorblind for up to three months!
With this image, if stared at long enough, you'll get what you'd get with any other image. Inverse colors. If the picture is red, you'll see green, if it's green you'll see red, and etc.
This image doesn't just affect your eyesight, it affects how your brain works (in a sense). If you look at them for long enough, let's say 15 minutes (as given in the video), you'll see the pattern of inverse colors, on everything.
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First off.... wow. There is an image that can change how your brain functions for up to three months!! That is insane and amazing.
(And one again, don't look it up and try it for yourself. Putting yourself through things that alter the functionality of such an organ as the brain, is definitely NOT advised.)
My thought on this when I read the title of the article was: "Oh, they found something gross or creepy that made people "go insane" and, like, start murdering people...... let's check it out." Then I watched the video, and well, I was close...... not at all, really.
I guess it could make them go insane? Seeing that inverse pattern for three months would drive me mad, I think.
But seriously, AN IMAGE THAT CAN BREAK YOUR BRAIN!?!?!?
Cool.
(By the way, the image in this blog post is not the image mentioned.)
Lakhan, Shaheen. "Open head". 26 December, 2008. Drawing. 18 February, 2014.
You have a very interesting article here. It kind of makes me want to go look the picture up, but I guess I shouldn't. I like how you use simple sentences and make things easier to understand. I think you could add a bit more detail on how exactly the picture affects the function of the brain. It would be very interesting to find out the effects it has and how the body functions after being affected by the picture. I would really like to know how this picture can affect your brain, I mean it's just a picture right? My question is have you looked at the picture? Do you want to?
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