The box-circle illusion

A novel geometrical optical illusion is reported in this article: the horizontal distances of the contextual structures distort the perceived vertical positions of observed objects. Specifically, the illusion manifests in the form of connected boxes of varying widths but equal heights, each containi...

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Autores principales: Lin, Chenyang, Shams, Ladan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Short and Sweet
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10469466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37427447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03010066231186557
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description A novel geometrical optical illusion is reported in this article: the horizontal distances of the contextual structures distort the perceived vertical positions of observed objects. Specifically, the illusion manifests in the form of connected boxes of varying widths but equal heights, each containing a circle at the center. Despite identical vertical positioning of the circles, they appear misaligned. The illusion diminishes when the boxes are removed. Potential underlying mechanisms are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-104694662023-09-01 The box-circle illusion Lin, Chenyang Shams, Ladan Perception Short and Sweet A novel geometrical optical illusion is reported in this article: the horizontal distances of the contextual structures distort the perceived vertical positions of observed objects. Specifically, the illusion manifests in the form of connected boxes of varying widths but equal heights, each containing a circle at the center. Despite identical vertical positioning of the circles, they appear misaligned. The illusion diminishes when the boxes are removed. Potential underlying mechanisms are discussed. SAGE Publications 2023-07-10 2023-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10469466/ /pubmed/37427447 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03010066231186557 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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