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optical illusion of a famous psychologist that leads everyone to a dead end – UNIAN
At first glance, the answer is obvious, but not everything is so simple.
The big monster is chasing the little monster. This optical illusion was unveiled by the famous American psychologist and cognitive scientist Roger Shepard. He proposed to determine which of the monsters is actually larger.
The puzzle went viral on the Internet. Some users believe their own eyes and claim that the big one is a monster that is catching up with the smaller one:
“We assume the one behind is larger because it appears further away, and since it doesn't look smaller further away, we assume it will get larger as it gets closer”;
“It's just a bigger guy chasing a smaller guy through a tunnel. The bigger guy is further away, so he appears to be the same size as…
