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Hermann Grid Illusion

The Hermann Grid Illusion is a visual perceptual phenomenon in which phantom dark spots are perceived at the intersections of a grid of black squares separated by white pathways, due to lateral inhibition in the retinal receptive fields that enhances contrast at high-acuity boundaries.

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2017–2026

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Hermann Grid

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Publications

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Seeing the World Dimly: The Impact of Early Visual Deficits on Visual Experience in Schizophrenia

Joshua T. Kantrowitz, Pamela D. Butler, I. Schecter et al. · Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2009 · 96 citations · Full text

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The Hermann Grid Illusion Revisited

Peter H. Schiller, Christina E. Carvey · Perception · 2005 · 83 citations

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A comparison of perceptive and receptive fields in man and monkey.

Lothar Spillmann, A Ransom-Hogg, R. Oehler · PubMed · 1987 · 67 citations

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Straightness as the Main Factor of the Hermann Grid Illusion

János Geier, László Bernáth, Mariann Hudák et al. · Perception · 2008 · 52 citations

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Global Factors in the Hermann Grid Illusion

Jeremy M. Wolfe · Perception · 1984 · 43 citations

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Authors

35

  1. LB
    László Bernáth

    University of Pecs, Hungary

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  2. LS
    László Séra

    Szent János Kórház, Hungary

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  3. JG
    János Geier

    Szent János Kórház, Hungary

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  4. NW
    Nicholas Wade

    University of Dundee, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. LS
    Lothar Spillmann

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    2 publications · 85 citations

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Institutions

22

  1. University of Dundee

    Dundee, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

  2. IIT@MIT

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  3. University Medical Center Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  4. Western University

    London, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  5. Ontario Brain Institute

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  6. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    288 citations

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Venues

  1. Perception

    8 publications · 274 citations

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  2. Vision Research

    3 publications · 49 citations

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  3. Perception & Psychophysics

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. Experimental Brain Research

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  5. Schizophrenia Bulletin

    1 publications · 96 citations

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