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Müller-Lyer|mʏlə ˈlaɪə(r)|
Also erron. Muller-.
The name of Franz Carl Müller-Lyer (1857–1916), German sociologist and philosopher, used attrib. (and absol.) to designate an optical illusion he described (Arch. f. Anat. u. Physiol. (Physiol. Abth.) (1889) Suppl. 263–70), by which a line with a V-shaped arrowhead at each end appears shorter than an adjacent line of equal length but with the V-shaped portions reversed and pointing inwards.
1899Psychol. Rev. VI. 241 Brentano's unsuccessful attempt to explain the Müller-Lyer illusion by the general fact that acute angles are overestimated and obtuse angles are underestimated. 1938R. S. Woodworth Exper. Psychol. xxv. 646 One of the two Müller-Lyer figures is kept of constant length and used as a Standard, while the other figure is the Variable. 1958New Biol. XXVII. 27 He chose for his experiment the well-known Muller-Lyer illusion. 1969F. C. Shontz Perceptual & Cognitive Aspects Body Experience iii. 41 In certain complex stimuli, like the Müller-Lyer illusion, the organization of a perceptual field may lengthen or shorten the apparent length of a line. 1972Jrnl. Social Psychol. LXXXVII. 144 Samples from Western cultures..are more inclined than Eastern ones to see the Muller-Lyer. |