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café wall illusion: a standalone construct

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café wallillusion1 CONSTRUCTCafé wall illusionGREGORY · PERCEPTION

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parallel mortar lines between offset rows of dark and light tiles appear tilted, attributed to border locking at luminance edges.

In perception, café wall illusion refers to parallel mortar lines between offset rows of dark and light tiles appear tilted, attributed to border locking at luminance edges. This meaning comes from Gregory (1979) in Perception.[1]

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References

  1. Gregory, R. L., & Heard, P. (1979). Border Locking and the Café Wall Illusion. Perception, 8(4), 365-380. https://doi.org/10.1068/p080365

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