Horizontal stripes make you look thinner, not wider

Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 11:21 in Biology & Nature

Science A brain scientist's guide to fashion. This Helmholtz square illusion contradicts a standard rule of fashion: Horizontal stripes make you look shorter, and wider. Read on.

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