Ventral and dorsal stream interactions during the perception of the Müller-Lyer illusion: Evidence derived from fMRI and dynamic causal modeling

T Plewan, R Weidner, SB Eickhoff… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2012 - direct.mit.edu
The human visual system converts identically sized retinal stimuli into different-sized
perceptions. For instance, the Müller-Lyer illusion alters the perceived length of a line via …

Spatiotemporal cortical activation underlies the Müller–Lyer illusion: an event-related potentials study

S Zhang, X Du, X Wu, D Wei, M Zhang, J Qiu - Neuroreport, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were used to examine the electrophysiological
correlates of the visual illusion effect in the Müller–Lyer illusion tasks. The participants were …

The neural mechanisms underlying the Müller-Lyer illusion and its interaction with visuospatial judgments

R Weidner, GR Fink - Cerebral Cortex, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Arrows terminating a line can distort the perceived line length. This so-called Müller-Lyer
illusion can be used in healthy human subjects to mimic the performance of neglect patients …

The Müller–Lyer illusion seen by the brain: An event-related brain potentials study

J Qiu, H Li, Q Zhang, Q Liu, F Zhang - Biological psychology, 2008 - Elsevier
In two experiments, event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were used to examine the neural
correlates of a visual illusion effect in Müller–Lyer illusion tasks (illusion stimuli) and …

Cross-modal processing in the occipito-temporal cortex: a TMS study of the Müller-Lyer illusion

F Mancini, N Bolognini, E Bricolo… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2011 - direct.mit.edu
The Müller-Lyer illusion occurs both in vision and in touch, and transfers cross-modally from
vision to haptics [Mancini, F., Bricolo, E., & Vallar, G. Multisensory integration in the Müller …

The temporal dynamics of the Müller-Lyer illusion

R Weidner, F Boers, K Mathiak, J Dammers… - Cerebral …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
By attaching arrows to a line's ends, the Müller-Lyer illusion can be used to modulate
perceived line length. In the present study, we investigated the dynamics of the brain …

More thoughts on perceiving and grasping the Müller–Lyer illusion

EG Otto-de Haart, DP Carey, AB Milne - Neuropsychologia, 1999 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that the insensitivity of the visuomotor system to various visual
illusions is based on mechanisms in the so-called 'dorsal stream'of primate extrastriate …

Does bimanual grasping of the Müller-Lyer illusion provide evidence for a functional segregation of dorsal and ventral streams?

RM Foster, U Kleinholdermann, S Leifheit, VH Franz - Neuropsychologia, 2012 - Elsevier
Studies claiming a differential processing of visual illusions for perception and action have
been subjected to many challenges. One criticism is that attentional demands were …

Examining the crossmodal consequences of viewing the Müller-Lyer illusion

A Gallace, C Spence - Experimental brain research, 2005 - Springer
For many years, the Müller-Lyer illusion was studied as a purely “visual” illusion, but like
many other optical illusions, the evidence now shows that it also occurs when stimuli are …

Structural and cognitive components in the Mueller-Lyer illusion assessed via Cyclopean presentation

S Coren, C Porac - Perception & Psychophysics, 1984 - Springer
Several levels of visual information processing contribute to the formation of visual
geometric illusions. The present experiment attempted to separate the relative contributions …