A tricky new optical illusion has left many scratching their heads as they struggle to count the number of balls within an image which proves to be highly misleading.

Optical illusions are a visual phenomena where your eyes perceive an image differently than it is in reality, leading to a misinterpretation of its shape, size, motion, or colours by the brain. 

These illusions occur due to the way the brain processes visual information, often influenced by context, perspective, light, and…