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Induced Grating Illusion

Induced Grating Illusion Induced Grating Illusion

In the figure above, a thin bar sits in front of a black and white pattern called a luminance grating.  Although the bar looks as if it is a luminance grating as well, growing brighter and darker along its length, it is actually the same shade of gray the entire way across.

References
[1] M. E. McCourt, "A spatial frequency dependent grating-induction effect," Vision Research, vol. 22, pp. 119-134, 1982.
[2] J. M. Foley and M. E. McCourt, "Visual grating induction," Journal of the Optical Society of America, vol. 2, pp. 1220-1230, 1985.
[3] M. Bach, "Poggendorff Illusion," Jun. 22, 2002. [Online]. Available: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/ang_poggendorff/index.html. [Accessed: Mar 3, 2010].