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The Sex Illusion
The third place award went for the below pair of pictures below. One appears to be male and the second appears to be female. The truth is they are the same identical photo for one person but each one is digitally enhanced to create this incredible illusion. In the female picture, the dark parts are a little lighter and the light parts are a little darker. The subtle changes suggest that one way our brains may sort out sex is to notice how strong the contrast is between features. This illusion is created by Richard Russel of Harvard University.
