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Jastrow Illusion


JastrowIllusion

An illusion named after the psychologist Joseph Jastrow. In the above figure, the left edges of the laminas A and B are colinear, creating an illusion of different size. However, the two laminas are actually identical.


See also

Wundt Illusion

This entry contributed by Margherita Barile

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References

Nagoya Visual Illusion Experts Group. "Jastrow Illusion." http://humanities.lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~illusion/gallery/NVEG/on_off/Jastrow01_e.html.Seckel, A. The Art of Optical Illusions. Carlton Books, p. 36, 2002.

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Barile, Margherita. "Jastrow Illusion." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/JastrowIllusion.html

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