This new optical illusion is melting everyone’s head

Our heads hurt.

We love a good optical illusion, but this one has our heads melted. The creator of this new illusion is Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a Professor of Psychology at the College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, in Kyoto, Japan. He has come up with some of the most mind boggling illusions in his time, and this one is no different.

Concentric circles appear to be spirals. pic.twitter.com/6CJPkpqTR9 https://t.co/pWE9i4igba

— Akiyoshi Kitaoka (@AkiyoshiKitaoka) December 14, 2017

The concentric circles - which are circles that have their centres at the same point - are meant to look like spirals. You'd swear it was all one line going around and around, right? Not so... they're all separate circles. Here's a look at some of Akiyoshi's best illusions:

「紫芋の波」 The image appears to wave. pic.twitter.com/kcF4P1fSHC https://t.co/asLufXHren

— Akiyoshi Kitaoka (@AkiyoshiKitaoka) December 14, 2017

Disks appear to rotate. pic.twitter.com/zzuXlqTJH4

— Akiyoshi Kitaoka (@AkiyoshiKitaoka) December 14, 2017

The image appears to bulge out though it consists of squares and rectangles. pic.twitter.com/vZe5ONWHKE https://t.co/DhiLR1AM5q

— Akiyoshi Kitaoka (@AkiyoshiKitaoka) December 13, 2017

An instance of the Poggendorff illusion pic.twitter.com/0PwV3B9dQw https://t.co/VuJDVDGxS4

— Akiyoshi Kitaoka (@AkiyoshiKitaoka) December 13, 2017