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What Have Psychologists Learned Through Their Study of Visual Illusions

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What have psychologists learned through their study of visual illusions like the Müller-Lyer illusion?


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Perceptual Set

A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another, influenced by expectations, emotions, culture, and past experiences.

Top-Down Processing

Top-down processing is a cognitive process in which our expectations or previous knowledge guide the interpretation of sensory information.

Bottom-Up Processing

A perception approach where processing starts with sensory input and works up to the formation of a perception.

Telepathy

A supposed method of communication from one mind to another without using sensory channels or physical interaction.

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