In the Ames room, people appear to grow larger or smaller as they walk from one side of the room to the other because

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The Ames room is a distorted room that creates an optical illusion. It appears to be a regular square room, but it is actually trapezoidal. This illusion tricks the brain into perceiving people as growing or shrinking as they move across the room, due to the shape constancy assumption that the room is square.

In the Ames Room, People Appear to Grow Larger or Smaller