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When linear perspective is
isolated, the equal horizontal
bars look different in length
but the vertical ones do not.
Conversely, if one isolates
only linear perspective, as in
the illustration to the left and
that shown previously or in the
original version of the Ponzo
illusion, an effect opposite to
that in the foreshortening
display occurs, as we have
seen: Equal horizontal test
lines generate an illusion
(depth and contrast-
assimilation), whereas equal
vertical lines yield only a
miniscule effect (depth but no
contrast or assimilation).
Therefore, the evidence seems
to support the hypothesis that
the joint actionΓÇöΓÇôor
interactionΓÇöΓÇôof perspective and
contrast yields a strong illusion
of extent, whereas either of
these factors alone yields only
a slight illusory effect.
Precisely why joint action of
these two factors is so effective
is not clear. GillamΓÇÖs
explanation of the effects just
considered is that the inducing
perspective patterns create a
scale of size, but that the scale
only runs in one direction in
these different figures,
vertically in the
foreshortening display and
horizontally in the linear-
perspective display. Therefore,
size illusions only occur for
vertical lines in the first case
and for horizontal lines in the
second case.