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Fresh Viral Illusions Ramp Up Difficulty With Tighter Time Limits

Thousands of social media users race through puzzles that conceal hidden images under ever-tightening time limits to sharpen cognitive function.

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Overview

  • Indiatimes released an illusion featuring an eaten apple that conceals two faces for users to spot in seven seconds.
  • Indiatimes then challenged participants to identify a hidden “6” within a sea of “8” characters under a five-second limit.
  • Mint rolled out a puzzle requiring observers to locate the number 717 buried among rows of 777s in less than 10 seconds.
  • Mint’s latest teaser challenges users to find 1217 woven into a grid of 1212s before the timer expires.
  • These fast-paced puzzles have gone viral and are credited with sharpening memory, attention to detail and visual reasoning.