Illusions: Why You See What You Do

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Psychology

 

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Lindsey H

 

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December 29, 2013

 

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This illusion was discovered in 1888 and is quite famous (Komorotskaya). The picture below is an example of this illusion: In this case the question is: are the two horizontal lines equal in length. The correct answer for this would be "yes." You can double check by measuring each side with a ruler...
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The correct answer for this would be "yes." You can double check by measuring each side with a ruler. The reason most people would think that the top is slightly bigger, is because our brain makes mistakes about the relative depths of the two lines. We are used to seeing outside corners of buildings with lines sloping inward, away from them...
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