Vision: getting to grips with the Ebbinghaus illusion.
It is well known that visual illusions can have a dramatic effect upon our visual perception of such properties as an object's size. It remains the subject of much debate, however, whether visual illusions have a similar influence on visually guided actions. Recent studies have thrown new light on this debate.
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School of Psychology, University Park, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK.
Jackson
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D006801:Humans; D009903:Optical Illusions; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*