How can visual illusions help us to understand lower and higher level process in visual perception?

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How can visual illusions help us to understand lower and higher level process in visual perception? A visual illusion may refers to the case where what we perceive differs from what we suppose to be correct. As Nicholas et al. (2001) note that the idea of a visual illusion presupposes that the object or pattern concerned would be different under other conditions. One view of illusions is that they can be used as tools to probe …

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