Mind-bending optical illusion does something really weird to your hand – what do you see?

WANT to try an easy magic trick right from home?

Corporate magician, Jackson Aces, posted a video of an optical illusion that can do something strange to your hand.

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Magician Jackson Aces shared an optical illusion that makes your hand look weird[/caption]

“I’m going to make the palm of your hand move,” said Ace.

In order to do this, Aces said all you have to do is watch a simple video.

He shared a video of a moving black and white optical illusion.

There was a circle in the middle of the illusion with changing letters in it.

“Just watch the letters as they change.”

The magician said that you don’t have to remember any of the letters, you just have to watch them.

“You’re allowed to blink, it’s okay.”

Aces said to watch the middle of the illusion for about a minute, until he tells you to stop.

After the minute is up, he said to look right at the palm of your hand.

The trick will make your palm appear like it’s moving, even though it’s not.

“It’s going to look like the palm of your hand is melting,” he said.

According to the Queensland Brain Institute, optical illusions like this work because our brain “thinks our eyes told it something is moving but that’s not what the eyes meant to say to the brain.”

“Optical illusions happen when our brain and eyes try to speak to each other in simple language but the interpretation gets a bit mixed-up.”