Shrinkage in the Apparent Size of Cylindrical Objects

• Published in: Perception (London) Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 3 - 16
• Main Authors: Taya, Shuichiro, Miura, Kayo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Cues; Depth Perception - physiology; Humans; Optical Illusions - physiology; Photic Stimulation - methods; Psychophysics; Size Perception - physiology; Vision Disparity - physiology; Vision, Binocular - physiology

A novel illusion in apparent size is reported. We asked observers to estimate the width and depth of vertically oriented elliptic cylinders depicted with texture or luminance gradients (experiment 1), or the height of horizontally oriented elliptic cylinders depicted with binocular disparity (experi...