• Question: whats the diffrence between a optical illusions and a perception illusions?

    Asked by 07parrkye to Ian on 16 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by 07bowermanmol.
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      Ian van der Linde answered on 16 Jun 2011:


      Some people use these terms interchangably, but a perceptual illusion is usually thought of as an illusion caused by the brain interpreting visual information incorrectly (e.g., the Hering illusion), where an optical illusion doesn’t necessarily imply misinterpretation.

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