Only eagle eyed people can spot the five bunnies in under 64 seconds in spring brainteaser
We've got a seasonal teaser to keep your brain active as we enjoy the better spring weather.
Scots should be feeling more awake after the clocks went forward on Sunday, March 30, bringing longer nights and lighter mornings.
But if you still need something to put a pep in your step and make you more alert, a new spring brainteaser challenges puzzle-lovers to find five hidden bunnies in under 64 seconds.
Created by Hillarys, the curtain specialists, the puzzle asks people to locate the five hidden rabbits among a spring scene. It takes people 64 seconds on average to solve this mystery, and some give up altogether.
Hillarys were inspired to create a spring-themed brainteaser after they conducted a recent study which explored the spring and Easter-themed street names adding the most value to properties across the country.
So, can you spot the five hidden bunnies within this spring scene?
The bunnies have been hidden discretely amongst this spring setting, presenting a challenge for puzzle lovers. Hillarys reported that people need 64 seconds on average to solve this teaser, with some just packing it in.
Hillarys have crafted the mind-boggling puzzle to test your wits. The challenge should also help readers get into the spring spirit.
Have you seen it yet? Not to worry, if you can’t spot all the bunnies, here’s where they’ve been hiding all along:
It comes after new research revealed that medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions. The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual illusions.
This was previously thought to be near-impossible. The study shows that medical imaging experts are particularly accurate at judging the size of objects in common optical illusions.
In other words, they also literally see better in everyday life.
Senior researcher Dr Martin Doherty, from UEA's School of Psychology, said: "Optical illusions are designed to fool the brain. They can be a bit of fun, but they also help researchers shed light on how our brains work.
"We wanted to better understand whether people who are very experienced and skilled in visual recognition, do better at solving optical illusions."
Puzzles
Participants were shown a series of visual illusions that made it hard to correctly judge the size of two similar objects and asked to identify the larger one.
The object size differences varied, giving the research team an estimate of how much participants' judgements were affected by the illusions.
They tested 44 radiographers and radiologists and compared their scores with a control group of 107 non-experts.
First author Dr Radoslaw Wincza said: "Many illusions are effective even if you know it is an illusion, and until now it was generally believed you could not train yourself to avoid the illusory effects.
"But this research suggests that training aimed at accurately perceiving objects in medical images has the effect of making experts less susceptible to visual illusions.
"This is the first time that it's been shown that people can be trained to do better at solving visual illusions. And they could perhaps even be used for training medical image analysts in future."