Which of these illustrates the Ebbinghaus illusion?

a) a point of light in a pitch dark room appears to move
b) the length of a line will depend on the arrows at the end points
c) parallel lines with short crossing lines do not seem to be parallel
d) circles of equal size seem different sizes depending on the size of circles that surround them


ANS: d

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