Orbison Illusion (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Orbison Illusion

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In the Orbison geometric illusion, the squares closer to the center of the image seem larger than those on the outside of the drawing. Evolution has seen to it that drawings like this elicit in us premonitions of the near future.

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Rensselaer/Changizi

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