Heritability in visual-geometric illusions: a family study.
The Müller-Lyer and Ebbinghaus illusions were tested in 203 mother-father-offspring triads and 303 sibling pairs. Significant familial resemblances were found in all but the overestimated segment of the Ebbinghaus illusion. These results suggest that responses to visual-geometric illusions, mediated by optical or neural interactive mechanisms, show patterns of familial resemblance which may be based upon heritable factors.
D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D005823:Genetics; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009903:Optical Illusions / Q000502:physiology*