The Connectedness Illusion (IMAGE)

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The Connectedness Illusion

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Connecting the circles with short lines creates an illusion such that we perceive fewer circles on the right side of the display. But when our brain plans actions to these targets it computes the actual number of targets present.

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Jennifer Milne, Melvyn Goodale, et al. (2013). Connecting the Dots: Object Connectedness Deceives Perception but Not Movement Planning. <i>Psychological Science</i>. DOI: 10.1177/0956797612473485

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