Ames room

Photograph of two adults standing in an Ames room, apparently with a significant difference in size

An Ames room is a distorted room that creates an optical illusion. Likely influenced by the writings of Hermann Helmholtz,[1] it was invented by American scientist Adelbert Ames Jr. in 1946,[2] and constructed in the following year.

  1. ^ "Ames room". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  2. ^ "Ames Room". psychologie.tu-dresden.de. 2001. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2011.