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Can LVLMs Uncover the Truth Behind Visual Illusions? An Analysis of Perceptual and Reasoning Capabilities

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arXiv:2607.27747 (cs)
[Submitted on 30 Jul 2026]

Title:Can LVLMs Uncover the Truth Behind Visual Illusions? An Analysis of Perceptual and Reasoning Capabilities

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Abstract:Large Vision Language Models have integrated reasoning capabilities, elevating cognitive performance to new levels. However, existing evaluations either focus solely on perception or rely on specific domains such as maths or coding. Evaluation for reasoning capabilities that align with an open-world environment is still required, especially one that considers perception and reasoning jointly. To bridge this gap, we propose to evaluate LVLMs by exploiting visual illusions as a diagnostic tool. Visual illusions are phenomena in which the human visual system misinterprets objective signals, resulting in an understanding that deviates from reality. We constructed IllusionReasoning, a benchmark of illusion images collected from the real world, incorporating diverse annotated question-answer pairs. Based on IllusionReasoning, we show that the reasoning capabilities of a wide range of LVLMs are not as advanced as claimed. Our work provides new insights into LVLMs and offers future direction for optimisation.
Subjects: Computation and Language (cs.CL); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
Cite as: arXiv:2607.27747 [cs.CL]
  (or arXiv:2607.27747v1 [cs.CL] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.27747
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From: Da Li [view email]
[v1] Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:37:13 UTC (5,283 KB)
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