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Mind Games & Optical Illusions

Currently Offered
Live Presentation
Recommended for grades 3 – 12 and adults
Approximately 20 minutes
Cahners Theater
Learn more about field trip reservations
Email presentationrequests@mos.org at least two weeks prior with requested show title, date of visit, and number attending.Subject to presenter and theater availability, requires 25 person minimum, and program confirmation distinct and in addition to general field trip confirmation.

Discover what perception-bending illusions reveal about the ways human sensory systems and our brains interact with the world.

Visit the exhibit Seeing Is Deceiving before or after this presentation.

Photo © Emily Roose

Please contact the Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility@mos.org with a minimum of two weeks' notice.

Massachusetts curriculum connections
- Science and Technology/EngineeringLife Science (preK-8) Living Things and Their Environment
- Science and Technology/EngineeringLife Science (preK-8) Systems in Living Things
National curriculum connections
- Science as InquiryAbilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
- Science as InquiryUnderstanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
Field trip information
- Available: Monday - Friday | 10:00 am
- Advance registration available for school groups (minimum 25 people)
- Email presentationrequests@mos.org at least two weeks prior with requested show title, date of visit, and number attending
- Learn more about field trip reservations
- Check out other field trip activities