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The amount of blurring of the retinal image can be reduced by proper selection of an artificial pupil and a chromatic filter. Reduction of the amount of blurring due to optical aberrations by viewing through a 1-mm artificial pupil and an interference filter in the eye, results in a concomitant reduction in the magnitude of the Poggendorff illusion. The magnitude of the reduction is smaller, however, than would be expected if the illusion was predominantly determined by blur due to optical aberration.
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Coren, S. The influence of optical aberrations on the magnitude of the Poggendorff illusion. Perception & Psychophysics 6, 185–186 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210091
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210091