English Explanatory Dictionary

Wundt illusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical illusion in which a background of crooked lines makes a figure in the foreground appear distorted.

Word forms

Wundt illusion Wundt illusions

Etymology

First described by German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt in the 19th century.

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