title: Visual Illusions Based on Processes: New Classification System Needed.
abstract: Illusions have mainly been classified according to their phenomenological appearance. Here, I plead for a new classification approach based on processing areas or mechanisms. Classifying visual illusions according to processing areas or mechanisms may not only be valuable for a better understanding of the visual system but also for diagnostics of impairments, degenerative effects, and lesions (from retina to striate and extra-striate cortex).
authors.affiliation: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamburger
keywords: Visual illusions; causes; classification system; neural correlates; phenomena; processing mechanisms