The Case for Misapplied Constancy Scaling: Depth Associations Elicited by Illusion Configurations

1977 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence M. Ward ◽  
Clare Porac ◽  
Stanley Coren ◽  
Joan S. Girgus
Keyword(s):  
Constancy Scaling

Constancy scaling revisited.

1973 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic W. Massaro
Keyword(s):  
Constancy Scaling

Triangles and Squares Look Smaller Than They are: Some New Illusions of Extent

Perception ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 701-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Treisman
Keyword(s):  
Local Scale ◽  
Lyer Illusion ◽  
Scaling Hypothesis ◽  
Constancy Scaling ◽  
Configurations Of Lines

Some new illusions of extent are described, and they are discussed in relation to the Müller-Lyer illusion and the constancy-scaling hypothesis. It is concluded that they support a minimal version of this hypothesis in which certain configurations of lines cause changes in local scale in certain directions, independently of whether or not these configurations are incorporated in larger patterns in a way which supports and receives a depth interpretation.

scholarly journals Constancy scaling and the brackets illusion

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Stanley ◽  
Arthur C. Graesser
Keyword(s):  
Constancy Scaling

Apparent Height of a Stereokinetic Cone is Decreased by Departure from Circularity

Perception ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A Wilson ◽  
James O Robinson ◽  
David J Piggins
Keyword(s):  
Constancy Scaling

Subjects made judgements of the comparative height of the stereokinetic cones seen for pairs of rotating figures with varying eccentricity and ellipticity. For any given eccentricity, ellipticity of the figure reduced the apparent height, with narrow ellipses seeming to be shallower. The effect is attributed to an interaction in constancy scaling.

Distortion of Visual Space as Inappropriate Constancy Scaling

Nature ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 199 (4894) ◽  
pp. 678-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. GREGORY
Keyword(s):  
Visual Space ◽  
Constancy Scaling

Susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer Illusion and its Relationship to Differences in Size Constancy

1966 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Size Constancy ◽  
Direct Test ◽  
Perceptual Inference ◽  
Lyer Illusion ◽  
Perceptual Style ◽  
Constancy Scaling

The hypothesis that susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer illusion is the result of normal constancy scaling, misapplied, was submitted to direct test. No significant correlations between illusion error and size constancy estimates were obtained. Also invalidated were hypotheses that under-constancy is correlated with non-susceptibility to the illusion, and that over-constancy is correlated with greater illusion error. The results suggest that an approach to the explanation of illusion effects by means of analysing individual differences in size constancy, in intelligence and preferred “perceptual style,” might be fruitful. Some tentative suggestions are made concerning the role of perceptual inference, abstraction and analysing.

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