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St Andrews' researcher recreates 'tiny' Quad.

Monday 27 September 2010

Dr Vishwanath faked miniaturisation of St Salvator's Quadrangle

Original photograph of St Salvator's Quadrangle

Has Toy Town come to St Andrews, or is it just an illusion?  St Andrews' psychologist Dr Dhanraj Vishwanath created the optical illusion as part of a new study into the phenomenon of tilt-shift miniaturisation.

The researcher has shed new light on the illusion - where objects are set in a blurred background to make them appear tiny - in a new piece of research out this month.