Viral: Are the lines are overlapping or not?

The overlapping lines illusion requires intense focus to count the lines within the same shape and exposes how visual perception can deceive us. The illusion makes it appear as though lines overlap, but the truth is that none of them do. The field of visualization explains how our perception can be misled into perceiving overlaps among closely placed figures. Illusions like these are invaluable to scientists, teachers, artists, and psychologists worldwide in understanding the complexity of visual perception and cognition.