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  2. Jastrow illusion - Wikipedia

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    This finding is consistent with the idea that autism involves an excessive focus on details. These findings have recently been contradicted. Recent research, which included the Jastrow illusion, placed these findings in doubt. [14] The Jastrow illusion has been used to see whether young children are deceived by geometric optical illusions.

  3. Thatcher effect - Wikipedia

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    [8] By looking at the intermediate angles between upright and inverted, studies have explored the gradual or sudden appearance of the illusions. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Sensitivity to the Thatcher illusion has been found in children, [ 11 ] including children with autism .

  4. Missing square puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used in mathematics classes to help students reason about geometrical figures; or rather to teach them not to reason using figures, but to use only textual descriptions and the axioms of geometry. It depicts two arrangements made of similar shapes in slightly different configurations.

  5. Vanishing puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used in mathematics classes to help students reason about geometrical figures; or rather to teach them not to reason using figures, but to use only textual descriptions and the axioms of geometry. It depicts two arrangements made of similar shapes in slightly different configurations.

  6. Michael Bach (vision scientist) - Wikipedia

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    As of April 2021, Bach's site contained 143 illusions, most interactive, and all with Bach's clear explanations. The site and Bach have won plaudits on the internet, [6] [18] in the news media, [19] [20] and in science journals. [5] [21] The site has also been used in scientific research into illusions. [22]

  7. Café wall illusion - Wikipedia

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    The café wall illusion (also known as the Münsterberg illusion or the kindergarten illusion) is a geometrical-optical illusion in which the parallel straight dividing lines between staggered rows with alternating dark and light rectangles (such as bricks or tiles) appear to be sloped, not parallel as they really are.

  8. Illusion - Wikipedia

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    Example of visual illusion: a real gecko hunts the pointer of a mouse, confused with a prey An optical illusion. Square A is exactly the same shade of grey as Square B. (See Checker shadow illusion.) A visual illusion or optical illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that are deceptive or misleading

  9. McGurk effect - Wikipedia

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    The McGurk effect is very robust; that is, knowledge about it seems to have little effect on one's perception of it. This is different from certain optical illusions, which break down once one "sees through" them. Some people, including those that have been researching the phenomenon for more than twenty years, experience the effect even when ...