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. 1994 Dec;79(3 Pt 1):1299-304.
doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.3.1299.

Signal-detection analysis of the Müller-Lyer and the Horizontal-Vertical illusions

G M Brosvic  1 , N A Civale, P Long, D Kieley, K Kristoff, N Memblatt, R Gordon, L Parris, C Giambelluca, R E Dihoff
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Signal-detection analysis of the Müller-Lyer and the Horizontal-Vertical illusions

G M Brosvic et al. Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Dec.

Abstract

Perceptual error in the Müller-Lyer and the Horizontal-Vertical illusions was quantified using nonparametric signal-detection measures of sensitivity and response bias. Sensitivity scores were positively related to signal strength with the greatest values observed for the strongest signals. Sensitivity at each signal strength did not differ between the two illusions. Response-bias scores were inversely related to signal strength, with the most conservative biases observed for the strongest signals. Response biases for each signal strength were significantly more conservative for the Horizontal-Vertical than for the Müller-Lyer illusion.

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