You are asked to look through an opening into what appears to be an ordinary room that has a small boy standing in the left corner. As the boy walks from the left corner to the right corner, he appears to grow very large. You have just experienced the illusion created by
A)retinal disparity.
B)the Gestalt principle of contiguity.
C)physiological nystagmus.
D)the Ames room.

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The Ames room illusion involves a specially constructed room that creates a visual distortion. Despite appearing normal when viewed through a peephole with one eye, the room's unique shape (with one corner actually much farther away than the other) makes a person walking from one corner to the other appear to grow or shrink. This is due to the viewer's inability to perceive the room's true depth and shape, leading to the illusion of size change.

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