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Müller-Lyer illusion: a standalone construct

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Perception

lines of equal length look unequal when capped by inward or outward arrowheads, explained here by the statistics of how images relate to real-world sources.

In perception, Müller-Lyer illusion refers to lines of equal length look unequal when capped by inward or outward arrowheads, explained here by the statistics of how images relate to real-world sources. This meaning comes from Howe (2005) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Howe, C. Q., & Purves, D. (2005). The Müller-Lyer illusion explained by the statistics of image–source relationships. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(4), 1234-1239. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0409314102

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