Investigation of Optical Illusions on the Aspects of Gender and Age

Optical illusions can reveal the remarkable vulnerabilities of human visual perception as well as the populations most susceptible to these perceptual tricks. An online survey attached with the link to the optical illusions was sent through e-mails to each responder. The purpose of the survey was to collect the responses of 2,000 UCLA faculty and students (undergraduate and graduate) to different types of optical illusions , such as those involving motion, color, appearance and shape. The results of the survey demonstrated that females tend to be more susceptible to color, motion, and appearance optical illusions than males. But interestingly, there was no difference in viewing optical illusions in older and younger participants. Collectively these findings suggest that psychological and physiological effect on optical illusion may differ depending on the gender but not necessarily the age.