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Müller-Lyer illusion

Müller-Lyer illusion The Müller-Lyer illusion is a classic geometric illusion in which a line appears to have a different length depending on whether its ends are marked like arrow tails or arrowheads.

The Müller-Lyer illusion is a classic geometric illusion in which a line appears to have a different length depending on whether its ends are marked like arrow tails or arrowheads. In other words, the perceived length changes even though the physical line itself does not.

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Drafting source: Sakiyama Tomoko; Gunji Yukio-Pegio. The Müller-Lyer Illusion in Ant Foraging. 2013; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0081714; article XML SHA-256 e08664cf60c52ce5e7309bc816c5177de5ee4c89f70c42d0250ebde1ec4977dd. “The Müller-Lyer Illusion in Ant Foraging” (10.1371/journal.pone.0081714).
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