system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do objects, like my couch or a coin, feel bigger than they look if my eyes are closed?
gpt
Your hands are not 'tricked' by distance, like your eyes.
On top of that, your field of view tricks your mind into processing an object within an entire scene - a couch is viewed in the living room -  which is larger.