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Visual Perception for Communication Designers

Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems Studios
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Vivek Kant, Sruthi Sridhar and Others
IDC, IIT Bombay
12. References
 
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General References:

Arnheim, R. (1954). Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye. University of California Press.

Baars, P. (2014). Illusion confusion: Wonderful world of optical illusion. Thames & Hudson.

Bach, M. (2022). Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena + Explanations. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Bartoshuk, L. (2019). Sensation and Perception. The Cambridge Handbook Of The Intellectual History Of Psychology, 88-110.
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Behrens, R. (1969). Perception in the Visual Arts. Art Education, 22(3), 12-15.
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Behrens, R. (1984). Design in the visual arts. Prentice Hall.

Behrens, R. (1986). Illustration as an art. Prentice-Hall.

Behrens, R. (1998). Art, Design and Gestalt Theory. Leonardo, 31(4), 299.
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Behrens, R. (2002). Designing Design Problems. Gestalt Theory, 24(1), 7-16.

Behrens, R. (2002). False colors. Bobolinks Books.

Behrens, R. (2002). How form functions: On esthetics and gestalt theory. Gestalt Theory, 24(4), 317-325. Retrieved from
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Bloomer, C. (1990). Principles of visual perception. Design Press.

Coren, S., & Girgus, J. (1978). Seeing is Deceiving - The Psychology of Visual Illusions. Routledge.

Ciccarelli, S., & White, J. (2018). Psychology (5th ed.). Pearson.

Daw, N. (2014). Visual development (3rd ed.). Springer.

Dilg, B. (2018). Why you like this photo. Hachette.

Ernst, B. (1992). Optical illusions. Taschen.

Goldstein, E. (2010). Sensation and perception (8th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

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Gordon, I. (2004). Theories of visual perception. Psychology Press.

Gregory, R., & Gombrich, E. (1973). Illusion in Nature and Art. Scribner.

Itten, J., Hagen, E., & Birren, F. (1985). The Elements of color. Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Kubovy, M., & Tyler, C. (1988). Psychology of Perspective and Rennaissance Art. In M. Kubovy, The Arrow in the Eye: The Psychology of Perspective and Renaissance Art. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 30 August 2022, from
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Land, M. (2014). The Eye: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.

Livingstone, M. (2014). Vision and art: The biology of seeing. Harry N. Abrams.

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Fineman, M. (1996). The Nature of visual illusion. Dover.

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions. Oxford University Press.

Ninio J. (2001). The science of illusions. Cornell University Press.


Figure-ground Segregation

Wagemans, J., Elder, J., Kubovy, M., Palmer, S., Peterson, M., Singh, M., & von der Heydt, R. (2012). A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: I. Perceptual grouping and figure–ground organization. Psychological Bulletin, 138(6), 1172-1217.
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029333

Wagemans, J., Feldman, J., Gepshtein, S., Kimchi, R., Pomerantz, J., van der Helm, P., & van Leeuwen, C. (2012). A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: II. Conceptual and theoretical foundations. Psychological Bulletin, 138(6), 1218-1252.
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029334


Figure-Ground Reversal

Bach, M. (2022). Blur & figure-ground reversal. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Perception of High and Low Spatial Frequency Information in Pigeons and People.
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Van de Cruys, S., & Wagemans, J. (2011). Putting Reward in Art: A Tentative Prediction Error Account of Visual Art. I-Perception, 2(9), 1035-1062.
https://doi.org/10.1068/i0466aap


Camouflage

Behrens, R. (1978). On Visual Art and Camouflage. Leonardo, 11(3), 203-204. Retrieved from
https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/599053

Behrens, R. (1980). Camouflage, art and Gestalt. North American Review, 265(4), 8-18.

Behrens, R. (1981). Art & Camouflage: Concealment and Deception in Nature, Art, and War. North American Review, University of Northern Iowa.

Behrens, R. (1984). Design in the visual arts. Prentice Hall.

Behrens, R. (1988). The Theories of Abbott H. Thayer: Father of Camouflage. Leonardo, 21(3), 291-296. Retrieved from
https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/600676

Behrens, R. (1998). On Max Wertheimer and Pablo Picasso: Gestalt Theory, Cubism and Camouflage. Gestalt Theory, 20, 111-118. Retrieved from
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Behrens, R. (1999). The Role of Artists in Ship Camouflage During World War I. Leonardo, 32(1), 53-59.
https://doi.org/10.1162/002409499553000

Behrens, R. (2008). Revisiting Abbott Thayer: non-scientific reflections about camouflage in art, war and zoology. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 364(1516), 497-501.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0250

Cuthill, I. C., & Troscianko, T. S. (2009). Animal camouflage: Biology meets psychology, computer science and art. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, 4(3), 183–202.
https://doi.org/10.2495/DNE-V4-N3-183-202 

Goldstein, E. (2011). Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. In Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research, and everyday experience (3rd ed., p. 59-61). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Independence Public Library. (2021). Nature, Art, And Camouflage by Roy Behrens [Video]. Retrieved from
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Embedded Figures

Behrens, R. (2000). Revisiting Gottschaldt: Embedded figures in art, architecture and design. Gestalt Theory, 22(2), 97-107.

Goldstein, E. (2010). Encyclopedia of perception (pp. 233-235). Sage.

Zerubavel, E. (2015). Hidden in plain sight (pp. 37-48). Oxford University Press.


Illusory Contour Illusion

Halko, M., Mingolla, E., & Somers, D. (2008). Multiple mechanisms of illusory contour perception. Journal Of Vision, 8(11), 17-17.
https://doi.org/10.1167/8.11.17

Li, C., & Guo, K. (1995). Measurements of geometric illusions, illusory contours and stereo-depth at luminance and colour contrast. Vision Research, 35(12), 1713-1720.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0042-6989(94)00212-5

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 679-684). Oxford University Press.


Cornsweet Illusion

Bach, M. (2022). Craik-O’Brien-Cornsweet illusion. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Fineman, M. (1996). The Nature of visual illusion (pp. 140-141). Dover.

O'Brien, V. (1959). Contrast by Contour-Enhancement. The American Journal Of Psychology, 72(2), 299.
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Poom, L. (2019). Influences of orientation on the Ponzo, contrast, and Craik-O’Brien-Cornsweet illusions. Attention, Perception, &Amp; Psychophysics, 82(4), 1896-1911.
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Purves, D., Shimpi, A., & Lotto, R. (1999). An Empirical Explanation of the Cornsweet Effect. The Journal Of Neuroscience, 19(19), 8542-8551.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08542.1999

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 404-406). Oxford University Press.


Grid illusions

Fineman, M. (1996). The Nature of visual illusion (pp. 139-140). Dover.

Goldstein, E. (2010). Sensation and perception (8th ed., pp. 63). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Goldstein, E. (2010). Encyclopedia of perception. Sage.

Ninio, J., & Stevens, K. (2000). Variations on the Hermann Grid: An Extinction Illusion. Perception, 29(10), 1209-1217.
https://doi.org/10.1068/p2985

Schiller, P., & Carvey, C. (2005). The Hermann Grid Illusion Revisited. Perception, 34(11), 1375-1397.
https://doi.org/10.1068/p5447

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions. Oxford University Press.

Thomson, G., & Macpherson, F. (2018). Hermann Grid. The Illusions Index. Retrieved from
https://www.illusionsindex.org/i/hermann-grid


Poggendorff Illusion

Bach, M. (2022). Poggendorff Illusion. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Donaldson, J., & Macpherson, F. (2017). Poggendorff Illusion - The Illusions Index. The Illusions Index. Retrieved from
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Fineman, M. (1996). The Nature of visual illusion (pp. 151-158). Dover.

Howe, C., Yang, Z., & Purves, D. (2005). The Poggendorff illusion explained by natural scene geometry. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, 102(21), 7707-7712.
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Jastrow, J. (1892). Studies from the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology of the University of Wisconsin. II. The American Journal of Psychology, 4(3), 381.
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Ninio, J. (2014). Geometrical illusions are not always where you think they are: A review of some classical and less classical illusions, and ways to describe them. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00856

Robinson, J. (1998). The Psychology of visual illusion. Dover Publications.


Muller lyer Illusion

Donaldson, D., & Macpherson, F. (2017). Müller-Lyer. The Illusions Index. Retrieved from
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Fineman, M. (1996). The Nature of visual illusion (pp. 152-153). Dover.

Ninio, J. (2014). Geometrical illusions are not always where you think they are: a review of some classical and less classical illusions, and ways to describe them. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 8.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00856

Proulx, M., & Green, M. (2011). Does apparent size capture attention in visual search? Evidence from the Muller-Lyer illusion. Journal Of Vision, 11(13), 21-21.
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Segall, M. H., Campbell, D. T., & Herskovits, M. J. (1963). Cultural differences in the perception of geometric illusions. Science, 139(3556), 769–771.
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Sekuler, R., & Erlebacher, A. (1971). The two illusions of Muller-Lyer: Confusion theory reexamined. The American Journal of Psychology, 84(4), 477.
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Stewart, V. M. (1973). Tests of the “carpentered world” hypothesis by race and Environnement in America and Zambia. International Journal of Psychology, 8(2), 83–94.
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Bulging Checkerboard

Bach, M. (2022). Bulging Checkerboard. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Bach, M. (2022). Skye’s Oblique Grating. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Kitaoka, A. (2022). Cushion. Ritsumei.ac.jp. Retrieved from
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Hering’s illusion

Bryner, J. (2022). Key to All Optical Illusions Discovered. livescience.com. Retrieved from
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Bloomer, C. (1976). Principles of visual perception (pp. 48). Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

Changizi, M., Hsieh, A., Nijhawan, R., Kanai, R., & Shimojo, S. (2008). Perceiving the Present and a Systematization of Illusions. Cognitive Science, 32(3), 459-503.
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Jastrow, J. (1892). Studies from the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology of the University of Wisconsin. II. The American Journal of Psychology, 4(3), 381.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1411617 

Ninio, J. (2014). Geometrical illusions are not always where you think they are: A review of some classical and less classical illusions, and ways to describe them. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00856 

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 27). Oxford University Press.


Orbison illusion

Fineman, M. (1996). The Nature of visual illusion (pp. 152-153). Dover.

Robinson, J. (1998). The Psychology of visual illusion. Dover Publications.


Zollner Illusion

Eagleman, D. (2001). Visual illusions and neurobiology. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2(12), 920-926.
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Jastrow, J. (1892). Studies from the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology of the University of Wisconsin. II. The American Journal of Psychology, 4(3), 381.
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Kitaoka, A., & Ishihara, M. (2000). Three elemental illusions determine theZöllner illusion. Perception &Amp; Psychophysics, 62(3), 569-575.
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Ninio, J. (2014). Geometrical illusions are not always where you think they are: A review of some classical and less classical illusions, and ways to describe them. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00856

Ninio, J., & O'Regan, J. (1996). The Half-Zöllner Illusion. Perception, 25(1), 77-94.
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Robinson, J. (1998). The Psychology of visual illusion. Dover Publications.

Westheimer, G. (2008). Illusions in the spatial sense of the eye: Geometrical–optical illusions and the neural representation of space. Vision Research, 48(20), 2128-2142.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2008.05.016


Ligthning Checkerboard

Adelson, E. (1995). Checkershadow Illusion. Persci.mit.edu. Retrieved from
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Bach, M. (2021). Adelson’s Checker-shadow illusion. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Bailey, R. (2021). Lateral Inhibition: Neuron Suppression Enhances Sensory Perception. ThoughtCo.

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Thomson, G., & Macpherson, F. (2017). Adelson's Checker-Shadow Illusion. The Illusions Index.
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Checker%2DShadow%20Illusion,and%20a%20low%2Dlevel%20one



Simultaneous Contrast

Olman, C. (2022). Simultaneous contrast. In C. Olman, Introduction to Sensation and Perception. Retrieved from
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Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions. Oxford University Press.

Soranzo, A. (2016). Simultaneous color contrast. Encyclopedia Of Color Science And Technology, 1149-1152.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8071-7_268

Stanio, D. (2022). What is simultaneous contrast. Color Duels.
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Colour assimilation effect/ bezold effect

Fineman, M. (1996). The Nature of visual illusion (pp. 146-148). Dover.

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 388-392). Oxford University Press.


Water colour illusion

Bach, M. (2022). Watercolor Illusion. Michaelbach.de. Retrieved from
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Pinna, B. (2008). Watercolor illusion. Scholarpedia, 3(1), 5352.
https://doi.org/10.4249/scholarpedia.5352 

Pinna, B., & Grossberg, S. (2005). The watercolor illusion and neon color spreading: A unified analysis of new cases and neural mechanisms. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 22(10), 2207. https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.22.002207

Bertamini, M. (2018). Programming Visual Illusions for Everyone (p. 111-115). Springer Nature.

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 426-435). Oxford University Press.


Perception of motion

Bloomer, C. (1976). Principles of visual perception (pp. 94-95). Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

Faubert, J., & Herbert, A. M. (1999). The peripheral drift illusion: A motion illusion in the visual periphery. Perception, 28, 617–621.  

Goldstein, E. (2010). Encyclopedia of perception (p. 1080). Sage.

Goldstein, E. (2010). Sensation and perception (8th ed., pp. 180-184). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Whiteside, T. C. (1963). Visual Perception of Movement. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 33(5), 267–281. 


Movement and Motion in static picture

Pavan, A., Cuturi, L., Maniglia, M., Casco, C., & Campana, G. (2011). Implied motion from static photographs influences the perceived position of stationary objects. Vision Research, 51(1), 187-194.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.11.004


Primrose Illusion

Conway, B. (2005). Neural Basis for a Powerful Static Motion Illusion. Journal Of Neuroscience, 25(23), 5651-5656.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1084-05.2005

Kitaoka, A., & Ashida, H. (2003). Phenomenal characteristics of the peripheral drift illusion. Vision, 15(4), 261-262.

Kitaoka, A. (2002). Akiyoshi's illusion pages. Ritsumei.ac.jp. Retrieved from
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html


Ouchi illusion

Ashida, H., Kitaoka, A., & Sakurai, K. (2005). A New Variant of the Ouchi Illusion Reveals Fourier-Component-Based Processing. Perception, 34(4), 381-390.
https://doi.org/10.1068/p5060

Fermüller, C., Pless, R., & Aloimonos, Y. (2000). The ouchi illusion as an artifact of biased flow estimation. Vision Research, 40(1), 77–95.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(99)00162-5 

Hine, T., Cook, M., & Rogers, G. T. (1997). The Ouchi Illusion: An anomaly in the perception of rigid motion for limited spatial frequencies and Angles. Perception & Psychophysics, 59(3), 448–455.
https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03211911

Kitaoka, A., & Ashida, H. (2003). Phenomenal characteristics of the peripheral drift illusion. Vision, 15(4), 261-262.

Ouchi, H., (1977). Japanese Optical and Geometrical Art. New York: Dover

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 83). Oxford University Press.


Size distance illusion

Behrens, R. R. (1987). The Life and Unusual Ideas of Adelbert Ames, Jr. Leonardo, 20(3), 273-279

Goldstein, E. (2010). Sensation and perception (8th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions. Oxford University Press.

Ross, H. E., and Plug,C. (2002).  'Perceiving size', The Mystery of The Moon Illusion: Exploring Size Perception. Oxford, 2002; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Apr. 2010,
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Occlusion

Brooks, J., Lai, K., & Palmer, S. (2004). The occlusion illusion: Modal completion or apparent distance?. Journal Of Vision, 4(8), 722-722.
https://doi.org/10.1167/4.8.722

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 269–274). Oxford University Press.

Rock, I., & Ebenholtz, S. (1959). The relational determination of perceived size. Psychological Review, 66(6), 387-401.
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046984


Jastrow illusion

Jastrow illusion. Tecfaetu.unige.ch. (2022). Retrieved from
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Jastrow, J. (1892). Studies from the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology of the University of Wisconsin. II. The American Journal Of Psychology, 4(3), 381.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1411617

Pick, D., & Pierce, K. (1993). Theoretical Parallels between the Ponzo Illusion and the Wundt-Jastrow Illusion. Perceptual And Motor Skills, 76(2), 491-498.
https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1993.76.2.491

Robinson, J. (1998). The Psychology of visual illusion. Dover Publications.


Delboeuf illusion

Bertamini, M. (2018). Programming Visual Illusions for Everyone (p. 74). Springer Nature.

Kawahara, J.-I., Nabeta, T., & Hamada, J. (2007). Area-Specific Attentional Effect in the Delboeuf Illusion. Perception, 36(5), 670–685. 
https://doi.org/10.1068/p5747

Ninio, J. (2014). Geometrical illusions are not always where you think they are: A review of some classical and less classical illusions, and ways to describe them. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00856 

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 262-263). Oxford University Press.


Oppel-Kundt

Bertulis, A., Surkys, T., & Bielevičius, A. (2019). OppelKundt illusion balance. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, 79, 399–412.
https://doi.org/ 10.21307/ane2019037 

Landwehr, K. (2021). The Oppel–Kundt Illusion and Its Relation to Horizontal-Vertical and Oblique Effects. Perception, 50(5), 470–478.  
https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066211006545

Mikellidou, K., & Thompson, P. (2014). Crossing the line: Estimations of line length in the Oppel-Kundt Illusion. Journal of Vision, 14(8), 20–20.
https://doi.org/10.1167/14.8.20 

Ninio, J. (2014). Geometrical illusions are not always where you think they are: A review of some classical and less classical illusions, and ways to describe them. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00856

Shapiro, A., & Todorović, D. (2017). The Oxford compendium of visual illusions (pp. 303-306). Oxford University Press.


Anamorphosis

Baltrusaitis, J., & Strachan, W. (1977). Anamorphic art. Chadwyck-Healey LTD.

Goldstein, E. (2010). Encyclopedia of perception (pp. 44). Sage.

Leeman, F., Elffers, J., Schuyt, M., Allison, E., & Kaplan, M. (1976). Hidden images. Harry N. Abrams.

Morales, R., & Macpherson, F. (2017). Herald Square Celebration - The Illusions Index. The Illusions Index. Retrieved from
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Ravnik, R., Batagelj, B., Kverh, B., & Solina, F. (2013). Dynamic Anamorphosis as a Special, Computer-Generated User Interface. Interacting With Computers, 26(1), 46-62.
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Tyler, C. (2014). Autostereogram. Scholarpedia, 9(4), 9229.
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Tyler, C. W., & Clarke, M. B. (1990). Autostereogram. SPIE Proceedings.
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Zou, Z., Shi, T., Yuan, Y., & Shi, Z. (2020). NeuralMagicEye: Learning to See and Understand the Scene Behind an Autostereogram. arXiv.
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Impossible figures

Freud, E., Hadad, B., Avidan, G., & Ganel, T. (2015). Evidence for similar early but not late representation of possible and impossible objects. Frontiers In Psychology, 6.
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Goldstein, E. (2010). Encyclopedia of perception (pp. 485-488). Sage.

Macpherson, F. (2010). Impossible Figures. In E. Goldstein, Sage Encyclopedia of Perception. Sage Publications, Inc.

Penrose, L., & Penrose, R. (1958). Impossible objects: A special type of visual illusion. British Journal Of Psychology, 49(1), 31-33.
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  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Nature of Visual Experience
  • 3. Figure-ground Segregation
  • 4. Edges, Lines and Angles
  • 5. Color and Lightness
  • 6. Illusory Motion
  • 7. Size and Distance
  • 8. Depth and Perspective
  • 9. Perception, Attention and Change
  • 10. Conclusion
  • 11. Appendix
  • 12. References
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