The Muller-Lyer figure and the fly

Geiger, G; Poggio, T

doi:10.1126/science.1166319

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The Muller-Lyer figure and the fly

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Geiger, G
Former Department Information Processing in Insects, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Poggio, T
Former Department Information Processing in Insects, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Geiger, G., & Poggio, T. (1975). The Muller-Lyer figure and the fly. Nature, 190(4213), 479-480. doi:10.1126/science.1166319.

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In the Muller-Lyer illusion two horizontal line segments of equal length are perceived by humans as unequal. The gaze of a fly presented with Muller-Lyer figures corresponds to human eye movements and human (illusionary) evaluations of the segment lengths. It is suggested that a theory similar to the phenomenological theory which accounts for the fly's gaze may account for the human eye's movement during an observation of Muller-Lyer figures.