Applying the Helmholtz Illusion to Fashion: Horizontal Stripes Won't Make You Look Fatter

A square composed of horizontal lines appears taller and narrower than an identical square made up of vertical lines. Reporting this illusion, Hermann von Helmholtz noted that such illusions, in which filled space seems to be larger than unfilled space, were common in everyday life, adding the obser...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter Thompson, Kyriaki Mikellidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-01-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/i0405