Fraser spiral illusion

Fraser spiral illusion

The Fraser spiral illusion is an optical illusion that was first described by the British psychologist James Fraser in 1908.

The illusion is also known as the "false spiral", or by its original name, "the twisted cord illusion". The overlapping black arc segments appear to form a spiral; however, the arcs are a series of concentric circles.

The visual distortion is produced by combining a regular line pattern (the circles) with misaligned parts (the differently colored strands). Zöllner's illusion and the café wall illusion are based on a similar principle, like many other visual effects, in which a sequence of tilted elements causes the eye to perceive phantom twists and deviations.

The illusion is augmented by the spiral components in the chequered background.

External links

* [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FrasersSpiral.html Fraser's Spiral from MathWorld]
* [http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/ang_fraser/index.html An interactive Fraser Spiral]


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