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Illusion decrement with prolonged inspection was used as a technique to assess the relative amount of central component in seven variants of the Mueller-Lyer illusion. Results indicate that all of the variant forms share a common, central component, while the peripheral components, such as lateral inhibition, vary as a function of the presence of converging lines in the illusion configurations.
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Girgus, J.S., Coren, S. & Horowitz, L. Peripheral and central components in variants of the Mueller-Lyer illusion. Perception & Psychophysics 13, 157–160 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207253
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