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A Thickness Illusion: Horizontal Is Perceived as Thicker than Vertical

We report two psychophysical experiments that investigate a visual illusion that is considered common knowledge among type designers, but has never been studied scientifically. Specifically, the thickness of a horizontal line is overestimated in relation to that of a vertical line. Experiment 1 conf...

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Autores principales: de Waard, Jasper M., Van der Burg, Erik, Olivers, Christian N. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31735802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vision3010001