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Effect of perceptual inversion on illusion figures seen monocularly was explored using Ponzo and Muller-Lyer stimuli. It was found that inversion nullified the Ponzo effect but not the Muller-Lyer effect. This suggests that the determinants of the two illusory effects differ in their origin.

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Muller-Lyer illusion Ponzo illusion perception of depth perceptual reversals

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Illusions within an Illusion

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