title: The Müller-Lyer illusion in interpolated figures.
abstract: The Müller-Lyer patterns formed by separate dots have been used as stimuli in an experiment on visual perception to assess the influence of the number of dots composing the figures on the magnitude of the illusion. As predicted by our model, based on the Image Function theory, an increase was noted in the magnitude of illusion when the number of dots composing the arrowheads was increased. It follows from the model that filtering of the input image plays a central role in the formation of the illusion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cybernetics, Italian National Research Council, Arco Felice, NA, Italy. vdm@biocib.cib.na.cnr.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Maio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lánský
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D004215:Distance Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009903:Optical Illusions; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012107:Research Design