When you first see the picture, your brain naturally pays attention to the biggest and most obvious shapes.

That happens because the human brain usually processes the overall image before focusing on tiny details.

Psychologists sometimes call this global processing. It means our minds quickly search for clear patterns so we can understand what we are seeing as fast as possible.

In this puzzle, your eyes are immediately drawn to:

• The huge cat at the top
• The bigger cats in the middle
• The clear faces near the bottom

Once your brain believes it has figured out the pattern, it often stops looking more carefully.

That is exactly how the illusion catches you.

The Trick to Solving the Puzzle

To count the cats correctly, you need to stop seeing the image as one large group.

Instead, examine it slowly, almost as if you are scanning a grid.