A Theory of the Mueller-Lyer Illusion
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 25 (2), 569-572
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1967.25.2.569
Abstract
The Mueller-Lyer illusion is explained on the basis of the central tendency effect which refers to errors of overestimation and underestimation that occur whenever repeated judgments of a series of stimuli are made. It was noted that the theory could be extended to explain some, but not all, other types of geometrical illusions.Keywords
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