Biomaterial Database

Orientation and alignment misjudgement: new geometrical optical illusions? 1985

N Yakimoff

Misjudgement of orientation is demonstrated in drawings of tilted quadrangles with parallel diagonals. Apparent misalignment of apices and/or line-segment ends is shown in drawings of differently oriented rectangle, angles, and line segments.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007088	Illusions	The misinterpretation of a real external, sensory experience.	Autokinetic Effect,Autokinetic Illusions,Effect, Autokinetic,Illusions, Auditory,Illusions, Kinesthetic,Illusions, Tactile,Illusions, Visual,Auditory Illusion,Auditory Illusions,Autokinetic Effects,Autokinetic Illusion,Effects, Autokinetic,Illusion,Illusion, Auditory,Illusion, Autokinetic,Illusion, Kinesthetic,Illusion, Tactile,Illusion, Visual,Illusions, Autokinetic,Kinesthetic Illusion,Kinesthetic Illusions,Tactile Illusion,Tactile Illusions,Visual Illusion,Visual Illusions
D009903	Optical Illusions	An illusion of vision usually affecting spatial relations.	Illusion, Optical,Illusions, Optical,Optical Illusion
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013028	Space Perception	The awareness of the spatial properties of objects; includes physical space.	Perception, Space,Perceptions, Space,Space Perceptions