You Can’t See All 12 of These Dots at Once

The twelve dots on this grid never actually move or vanish, but no matter how fast you twitch your eyes back and forth, you can’t seem to trap them all in your gaze at once. It's impossible.
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Producer/Video by:
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Narrator:
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[@alexshusterman1226]

if you can't see all twelve at same time then sit back a bit and blink your eye lids. you should be able to see all twelve dots. blinking appears to prevent your brain from filling in the space in the peripheral vision, particularly if the image is large and you're close to the image.

[@wongwayusa7435]

If you blink really fast you can see them all just fine.

[@jineshn]

Great explanation, but background music is needed when explaining ?

[@HeroOfJusticeYT]

when i try to focus on 2 dots at once it's like my brain says "fuck it the rest don't even exist"
what sorcery is this

[@thiccbear4273]

Bruh I counted all 12 of the black dots I proved you wrong HAH!

[@crxstalline_]

At first it worked for me but then I was able to see all 12 sometimes and 8 of them consistently. Maybe it’s memory?

[@popularscience]

How many *can* you see?

[@jlederman2]

All of them! Just not at the same time 😉

[@popularscience]

@@jlederman2 :)

[@mr.unknown6258]

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[@marksutherland5520]

you can see all of them if your phone is a bit far from your eyes

[@NicB-Creations]

I can see them all though only 2 rows at the time so I have to scan around a bit with my eyes. 10 seconds was plenty though.

[@kilomilo917]

Science is cool.

[@lunahanselpacker1396]

I can see all 12 easily

[@Manu-ro6ob]

What I used to be able to see 6 now I see 12

[@rainboweli3891]

Ummm I also counted all the 12 black dots. so I proved you wrong?

[@demoy1193]

... I saw all 12 at first look and they never “flickered” for me. Am I broken?

[@vlogersadda7625]

but god promise i saw 12 dots at one time

[@dekaywill4572]

I see 16 dots....

[@aaronkemp963]

I see all the black dots

[@yashbhoopathi723]

That is so cool

[@lauren4879]

I saw all of them right away

[@digitalsuperman]

i can see them just fine

[@mel__senpai]

Yes, I CAN see all 12 dots on the grid at the same time. In both of your illusion images.

[@dannypatel9660]

I saw 12 .....