An example of the difference between perception and conscious perception is shown by Moore and Egeth (1997), who showed participants a display containing two horizontal lines and a series of surrounding dots. In one trial the lines and dots were arranged to produce the Müller-Lyer illusion (an illusion that causes two same-length lines to look different in length). In this experiment, MOST participants were

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The study by Moore and Egeth (1997) showed that most participants were not consciously aware of the Müller-Lyer pattern and perceived the two lines to be of different lengths, despite the illusion causing the lines to appear different in length. This demonstrates that perception (the interpretation of sensory information) and conscious perception (awareness of that interpretation) can be different.

An Example of the Difference Between Perception and Conscious Perception