The Ponzo Illusion in Pictures with and without Suggested Depth

Colin V. Newman; Barbara M. Newman

doi:10.2307/1421393

Framing theory and the Ponzo illusion

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e536982012-733 ◽

1997 ◽

Author(s):

William Prinzmetal ◽

Arthur P. Shimamura ◽

Michelle Mikolinski

Keyword(s):

Ponzo Illusion ◽

Framing Theory

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Susceptibility of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to the Ponzo illusion

Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society ◽

10.3758/bf03330013 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 476-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Kathryn A. L. Bayne ◽

Roger T. Davis

Keyword(s):

Macaca Mulatta ◽

Rhesus Monkeys ◽

Ponzo Illusion

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The magnitude of the Ponzo illusion as a function of age for large and for small stimulus configurations

Psychonomic Science ◽

10.3758/bf03335860 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 97-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Marcia Farquhar ◽

Herschel W. Leibowitz

Keyword(s):

Ponzo Illusion ◽

Small Stimulus

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Ponzo Illusion

Programming Visual Illusions for Everyone - Vision, Illusion and Perception ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-64066-2_5 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 63-71

Author(s):

Marco Bertamini

Keyword(s):

Ponzo Illusion

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Influences of orientation on the Ponzo, contrast, and Craik-O’Brien-Cornsweet illusions

Attention Perception & Psychophysics ◽

10.3758/s13414-019-01953-8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 82 (4) ◽

pp. 1896-1911

Author(s):

Leo Poom

Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

Physical Environment ◽

Ponzo Illusion ◽

Simultaneous Contrast ◽

Size Constancy ◽

3D Object ◽

Railway Tracks ◽

Left Right Asymmetry ◽

Prior Experiences

AbstractExplanations of the Ponzo size illusion, the simultaneous contrast illusion, and the Craik-O’Brien-Cornsweet brightness illusions involve either stimulus-driven processes (assimilation, enhanced contrast, and anchoring) or prior experiences. Real-world up-down asymmetries for typical direction of illumination and ground planes in our physical environment should influence these illusions if they are experience based, but not if they are stimulus driven. Results presented here demonstrate differences in illusion strengths between upright and inverted versions of all three illusions. A left-right asymmetry of the Cornsweet illusion was produced by manipulating the direction of illumination, providing further support for the involvement of an experience-based explanation. When the inducers were incompatible with the targets being located at the different distances, the Ponzo illusion persisted and so did the influence from orientation, providing evidence for involvement of processes other than size constancy. As defined here, upright for the brightness illusions is consistent with an interpretation of a shaded bulging surface and a 3D object resulting from a light-from-above assumption triggering compensation for varying illumination. Upright for the Ponzo illusion is consistent with the inducers in the form of converging lines being interpreted as railway tracks receding on the ground triggering size constancy effects. The implications of these results, and other results providing evidence against experience-based accounts of the illusions, are discussed.

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Ponzo Illusion

The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1002/9781118339893.wbeccp424 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 1018-1019

Author(s):

William L. Phillips

Keyword(s):

Ponzo Illusion

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Geometric-Optical Illusions Under Isoluminance?

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794607.003.0018 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Kai Hamburger ◽

Thorsten Hansen ◽

Karl R. Gegenfurtner

Keyword(s):

Poggendorff Illusion ◽

Ponzo Illusion ◽

Ebbinghaus Illusion ◽

Optical Illusions ◽

Magnocellular System ◽

Lyer Illusion ◽

System P ◽

Visual Areas ◽

Parvocellular System ◽

Delboeuf Illusion

This chapter briefly introduces nine classical geometric-optical illusions. These include the Delboeuf illusion, the Ebbinghaus illusion, the Judd illusion, the Müller-Lyer illusion, the Ponzo illusion, the vertical illusion, the Hering illusion, the Poggendorff illusion, and the Zoellner illusion. It then demonstrates that they persist under different luminance conditions and under isoluminance. The empirical findings show that our conscious percept is similarly affected by luminance conditions and isoluminance, suggesting that joint contour processing (chromatic and luminance) may extend well beyond early visual areas. The chapter further discusses these concepts in terms of the magnocellular system, the parvocellular system, and the koniocellular system.

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