We used to have a brilliant TED talk edited down by Farhad on here that included similiar footage used in the original visual cognition experiment that discovered this phenomenon. Wish I could find it right about now.

I wouldn't really call this an illusion.

Yeah, I guess the title's a little misleading, but I couldn't really put my finger on what to call it. Without totally giving it away that is.

My brain just exploded. I can't believe I didn't notice that the first time around.

Hamster!

This only really works one time though. You know what's happening next time, so you can't miss it.

I fell for it too.

I fell for the TED talk one too, amazing really.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Michael-Shermer-Why-People-Believe-Weird-Things
This is the TED talk in question, one of Michael Shermers best moments IMO.

*brains

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