eli5 how do those illusion videos work where you close your eyes after staring at a dot and are able to see the picture?

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eli5 how do those illusion videos work where you close your eyes after staring at a dot and are able to see the picture?

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Fatigue of the optic receptors.

The cones, the optic receptors in your eyes that allow you to see color, they run out of the chemicals they need to send messages to the brain fairly quickly and take a while to stock backup on them.

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