This paper gives an electronic explanation of the Hering illusion. The experienced curvature of the parallel lines is caused by the second harmonic of the sine oscillation in the brain which conditions experience of straightness of a line. The phenomenon may be demonstrated on the screen of a cathode ray oscilloscope.
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