English Explanatory Dictionary

Cornsweet illusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical illusion where an edge between regions of the same shade causes them to be perceived as different shades.

Word forms

Cornsweet illusion Cornsweet illusions

Etymology

It was described in detail by Tom N. Cornsweet in the late 1960s.

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