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Do VLMs Perceive or Recall? Probing Visual Perception vs. Memory with Classic Visual Illusions

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Main Authors:	Sun, Xiaoxiao, Li, Mingyang, Yuan, Kun, Sun, Min Woo, Endo, Mark, Wu, Shengguang, Li, Changlin, Zhang, Yuhui, Wang, Zeyu, Yeung-Levy, Serena
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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