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The Face-Vase Illusion makes use of the brain's ability to switch between perceiving a central object and the surrounding space, causing either a vase or two faces to be seen.

The Zöllner Illusion occurs as a result of the background lines crossing the main lines, which creates a false impression of the main lines being at an angle to one another.

This illusion occurs because of the way our visual system interprets the brightness or color of an object in the context of surrounding colors, which can make the same color appear different.

The Motion Aftereffect occurs because staring at a moving object for some time fatigues certain motion detectors in the visual system, which then perceive stationary objects as moving in the opposite direction.

The Müller-Lyer illusion tricks the eye because it exploits the way our brains interpret depth cues, suggesting that one line is farther away than the other.

The Kanizsa Triangle is perceived due to our brain filling in the gaps to complete shapes, leading to the illusion of a triangle that doesn't actually exist.

The Hermann Grid Illusion occurs because of the way our visual neurons process the contrasting grid patterns, creating the perception of gray spots at the intersections.

The Ebbinghaus Illusion tricks the eye by surrounding circles with other circles of different sizes, which distorts our perception of relative size.

The Ponzo illusion deceives the eye by using converging lines suggesting perspective, which skews our sense of depth and makes one of the horizontal lines seem bigger.