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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2, 920–926 (1 December 2001) | doi:10.1038/35104092

Visual illusions and neurobiology

David M. Eagleman

The complex structure of the visual system is sometimes exposed by its illusions. The historical study of systematic misperceptions, combined with a recent explosion of techniques to measure and stimulate neural activity, has provided a rich source for guiding neurobiological frameworks and experiments.