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Oct. 10, 1949 - Psychological Optical Illusion. Scientific experiments at Princeton University.: (eligible) these employed by stage magicians are being used by a group of scientists at Princeton NJ. Princeton University, and at the Hanover Institute, Hanover N.H. to study the process of perception which they regard as the key to human behavior. The experiment in which rectangular shaped rooms appear square, far objects seen close at hand, person resemble giants on dwarfs and stationer objects seem to move is explained by Prof. Marie Lawrence of Princeton University, in a book Studies in Human Behavour The explanations lying in the fact that you see not so much what is there, but the assumption you make

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Appear Assumption Dwarfs Employed Experiments Explained Explanations Fact Giants Hanover Illusion Magicians Optical Perception Princeton Prof Psychological Rectangular Regard Resemble Scientists Seem Stationer Studies


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