“…However, the methods used are not all that different from those used in other research for the study of illusions (Amazeen & DaSilva, 2005) and have advantages over the use of a fingers posture for size estimates (e.g., Heller et al, 1997;Heller, Joyner, & Dan-Fodio, 1993;Smeets, Brenner, de Grave, & Cuijpers, 2002). The rulers were in different spatial locations than the extents being judged, and conceivably, this could prompt systematic errors.…”