Poggendorff illusion
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title:
Poggendorff illusion
text:
The Poggendorff illusion is a geometrical-optical illusion that involves the misperception of the position of one segment of a transverse line that has been interrupted by the contour of an intervening structure. It is named after Johann Christian Poggendorff, the editor of the journal, who discovered it in the figures Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner submitted when first reporting on what is now known as the Zöllner illusion, in 1860. The magnitude of the illusion depends on the properties of the
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description:
Geometrical-optical illusion
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poggendorff_illusion
date created:
2003-12-21T16:50:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T22:35:41Z
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