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Forty-eight right-handed subjects divided into four groups, each consisting of six males and six females, were employed in an investigation of cerebral hemispheric influence on the perception of tachistoscopically presented simultaneous and successive versions of the Mueller-Lyer figure. The simultaneous version exposed in the left visual field resulted in a larger effect than did right visual field exposures. The successive version exposed in the right visual field resulted in a larger illusion magnitude than it did in the left visual field. The magnitude of visual field differences in response to the successive version was greater than visual field differences found in response to the simultaneous version
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Research was supported by Grant HD 0438-03 from the National Institutes of Health.
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Clem, R.K., Pollack, R.H. Illusion magnitude as a function of visual field exposure. Perception & Psychophysics 17, 450–454 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203292
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