Myth about popular optical illusion dubunked

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 17:30 in Psychology & Sociology

A psychology professor has found that the way people perceive the Silhouette Illusion, a popular illusion that went viral and has received substantial online attention, has little to do with the viewers' personality, or whether they are left- or right-brained, despite the fact that the illusion is often used to test these attributes in popular e-quizzes.

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