STRUCTURAL AND COGNITIVE COMPONENTS IN THE MULLER-LYER-ILLUSION ASSESSED VIA CYCLOPEAN PRESENTATION

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作者
COREN, S [1 ]
PORAC, C [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV VICTORIA, VICTORIA V8W 2Y2, BC, CANADA
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PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS | 1984年 / 35卷 / 04期
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10.3758/BF03206334
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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Several levels of [human] visual information processing contribute to the formation of visual geometric illusions. The present experiment attempted to separate relative contributions of structural (physiologically based) and strategy (cognitively based) mechanisms in the formation of the Muller-Lyer illusion. A novel experimental procedure that combined Cyclopean stimulus presentation and illusion decrement was employed. Of the observed illusion magnitude, .apprx. 47% can be attributed to the involvement of structural factors, a result consistent with other studies that have used different experimental techniques to explore the same issue.
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