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  • Ames Chairs exhibit

Ames Chairs

What we see can depend on what we expect to see.

Where:   This exhibit is not currently on view.
Exhibit Developers:   Claire Pillsbury and Adelbert Ames II
Phenomena: Size-Distance, Binocular Vision
Collections: Seeing

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Without depth perception, random lines can become a chair!

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