The Ames room and the misunderstood versions and depictions.

Ames room; accidental view; group invariants; model-based invariants; visual illusion; Humans; Form Perception/physiology; Optical Illusions/physiology; Form Perception; Optical Illusions; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Ophthalmology; Sensory Systems; Artificial Intelligence

Abstract :

[en] The Ames room illusion is one of the best-known geometrical illusions but its geometrical properties are often misunderstood. This study discusses the differences in the geometrical properties between the original Ames room and what have been often referred to as "Ames rooms" in recent studies.

Disciplines :

Theoretical & cognitive psychology

Author, co-author :

KOSHMANOVA, Ekaterina ; Département de gestion des systèmes d'informations (GSI) > Secteur Appui méthodologique aux Projets GSI et Planif (APP)

Dvoeglazova, Maria; HSE University, Russia

Myrov, Vladislav; Aalto University, Finland

Gorina, Elena

Vodorezova, Kristina

Gorbunova, Elena S ; HSE University, Russia

Sawada, Tadamasa ; HSE University, Russia, American University of Armenia, Armenia, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Armenia, European University of Armenia, Armenia

Language :

English

Title :

The Ames room and the misunderstood versions and depictions.

Publication date :

November 2024

Journal title :

Perception

ISSN :

0301-0066

eISSN :

1468-4233

Publisher :

SAGE, United States

Volume :

Issue :

11-12

Pages :

817 - 820

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/03010066241272260

Funding text :

The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This article is an output of a research project implemented as part of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) in 2023.

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