Panum phenomenon

Panum phenomenon

a visual illusion produced by binocular fusion of separate images presented to the left and right eyes, with the fused image appearing closer to the eyes than the stimuli. [Peter Ludwig Panum (1820–1885), Danish physiologist]

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