Size contrast illusion
 
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Size contrast illusion: The two central, medium-sized disks in this image are physically identical in size. Yet the one surrounded by the large disks looks smaller than the one surrounded by the little ones. When a normal person reaches out to grab the central disk, his/her fingers move exactly the same distance apart for either of them—even though they look different in size.


© | Updated October 2001