

One way to understand more about this system is to look at how we can trick it, that is, to look at how the brain reacts to optical illusions.ġ0 optical illusions to combine fun and learning about the visual system (answers and explanations at the end of the article) How the visual system processes shapes, colors, sizes, etc. The occipital lobe (in red) is entirely devoted to vision: It is the place where optical illusions happen. For instance the frontal cortex (in blue below) is responsible for decision making and planning the temporal lobe (in green) for language and memory and the parietal lobe (in yellow) for spatial skills. Each lobe is responsible for different functions. The brain has two hemispheres, each divided into four lobes.
