The Wundt illusion (Wundt 1898) makes the two straight red horizontal lines in the figure above appear bowed inward. The distortion
is induced by the crooked lines on the background, as in
Orbison's illusion .
A modification of the Jastrow illusion is also
known as the Wundt area illusion.
See also Ehrenstein Illusion ,
Hering Illusion ,
Jastrow Illusion ,
Orbison's
Illusion
This entry contributed by Margherita
Barile
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References Nagoya Visual Illusion Experts Group. "Wundt Illusion." http://humanities.lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~illusion/gallery/NVEG/on_off/Wundt01_e.html . Seckel,
A. The
Art of Optical Illusions. Universität
Linz. "Pädagogik und Pädagogische Hochschule." http://paedpsych.jk.uni-linz.ac.at/INTERNET/ARBEITSBLAETTERORD/TAEUSCHUNGENORD/wundt.html . Wundt,
W. "Die geometrisch-optischen Täuschungen." Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physischen
Klasse der Königlich-Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 24 ,
55-178, 1898. Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha Wundt Illusion
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Weisstein, Eric W. , with contributions by Margherita Barile . "Wundt Illusion." From MathWorld https://mathworld.wolfram.com/WundtIllusion.html
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