Answer to Question #217953 in Psychology for Syed Zayn

Question

Q3. How do you think a psychologist might use this illusion to learn about mental processes or behavior?

Answer 1

Answer

Illusions enable psychologists to study neurological patients with damaged brain regions and create perceptual illusions that toy with the brain’s efforts to interpret the sensory world. In addition, the creation and testing of perceptual illusions has been a fruitful approach to the study of perception particularly visual perception since the early days of psychology.