Helmholtz Illusion Makes you Look Fit Only When you are Already Fit, But not for Everyone

A square filled with horizontal stripes is perceived as thinner than one with vertical stripes (Helmholtz illusion). This is not consistent with a common belief that horizontally striped clothing makes a person look fatter, and studies on this problem have shown inconsistent results. Here, we demons...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hiroshi Ashida, Kana Kuraguchi, Kiyofumi Miyoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-08-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/i0595rep