What is the key to the Ames room illusion?
a) You are fooled by the size of the image on your retina.
b) You have imposed movement where none has actually occurred.
c) You have relied on the principles of figure and ground in arriving at an incorrect hypothesis.
d) Your attention is impacted by the increased tendency for you to blink as you observe the illusion.
ANS: a
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