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 experiment showed that participants were not consciously aware of the Müller-Lyer pattern, as they perceived the two lines to be of different lengths. This suggests that their perception (as measured by their responses) differed from their conscious perception (as they were not aware of the illusion).

An Example of the Difference Between Perception and Conscious Perception