Everyone can see the doctors – but you have 20/20 vision & a high IQ if you spot the three sick patients in 12 seconds

YOU might be a genius with a perfect 20/20 vision if you can solve this tricky optical illusion in just 12 seconds.

This vintage brainteaser will leave you pulling your hair out as you race against the clock to crack the solution.

Spot the sick patients among the doctors in this picturePLAYBUZZ

This brainteaser has been designed to challenge your eyesight and intelligence as you try to uncover the hidden mystery.

Everyone can see the two doctors talking to each other – but can you spot the three sick patients waiting to be treated in the picture?

It is indeed one of the toughest brainteasers ever created – and you really need high puzzle-solving skills to crack this one.

The intricacies of this picture make it a really difficult challenge – and even the most seasoned puzzle solvers are left baffled trying to solve it.

Although it may seem like an ordinary image, this is no easy feat, and the average person gives up after a minute.

If you don’t give it your best, you’re likely to follow them down the same path of failure.

But you can try your luck and see if you can crack the challenge and beat these people.

And you have just 12 seconds to solve it and become a winner.

So buckle up, set the timer, and test your puzzle-solving skills.

But be warned, you need the sharpest of eyes and the strongest of minds – and must remain composed throughout.

You are more likely to make mistakes if you try to rush it, so check every square inch of the image.

If you’d like some help, try breaking the image down into several sections.

Then, search each section slowly, one at a time, from left to right.

But did you know that solving optical illusions is a great way of training your brain and improving creative thinking?

Brainteasers are purposefully designed to trick our vision and can be used as simple determiners of intelligence.

Challenges like this, where you have to find an image within an image, aid your brain’s ability to interpret ambiguity.

So before you start hunting down the hidden patients, why don’t you try to find the hidden needle in the reeds in the image?

You can also try to spot the sneaky fox in just nine seconds to prove you are a genius.

If that’s still not hard enough, then see if you can spot the sleeping cat on the gnarled tree instead.

Lastly, test your puzzle skills as you search for a rare snow leopard tucked away in the wintry landscape.

Coming back to our challenge – were you able to solve the mind-bending optical illusion?

If you didn’t see it, look again carefully.

Here is a hint for you – focus on the heads of the two doctors.

If you are still scratching your head trying to figure out the confusing picture, we’ve marked the solution for you – scroll down to find it.

Congratulations to those who solved the puzzle in under a minute.

But if you managed to solve it in just 12 seconds, you are a genius with a perfect 20/20 vision.

If you love solving such puzzles we have more such challenges for you at the bottom of the page – scroll down to find them.

Were you able to spot the hidden patients?Playbuzz

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