THIS mind-boggling brainteaser has left puzzle fanatics scratching their heads searching for the answer.
Test your IQ and observation skills by trying to spot the star hidden atop one of the Christmas trees in this festive picture – yes, there is a star.
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For those puzzle-heads among you, there’s an added catch: you have to try and find the sneaky star within 25 seconds.
So, grab a timer, set it to 25 seconds, and prove your puzzle-solving skills.
Although it may seem like an ordinary image, this is no easy feat and only 2% of people are actually able to find the star.
Brainteasers are purposefully designed to trick our vision, and can be used as simple determiners of intelligence.
Psychologists at The University of Glasgow found that staring at a brainteaser can improve eye sight by allowing you to see small print.
And according to ZenBuisness: “These visual puzzles can give you a good mental workout that can, in turn, help you think more efficiently and solve problems more easily.”
They are widely regarded to help improve our attention spans, concentration, and overall cognitive abilities.
Brainteasers where you have to find an image within an image aids your brain’s ability to interpret ambiguity.
It helps to keep your brain sharp and young.
This puzzle is made particularly tricky through the varying, bright colours in the background of the image.
The Christmas decorations, festive colours and forest of fir trees offer the perfect camouflage for the sneaky star, as your eyes find it hard to focus on any one object.
If you’d like some help, try breaking the image down into several sections. Then search each section slowly, one at a time.
If you found this puzzle too easy, try some of our other brain teasers.
Test your vision by trying to spot the sneaky Santa hiding amongst the cars and Christmas trees in this image.
Only the top 9% can find it within 17 seconds!
Or test your IQ by trying to find the green snowman camouflaged by Christmas trees in this optical illusion.
If you can find it within 15 seconds you might have 20/20 vision – but, it’s not that easy.
This illusion is created to test your observational skills.
We’ve also added a bonus puzzle below for you!
But, have you found the star yet?
If you couldn’t find it within 25 seconds, don’t worry, we have the answer for you.
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