Open AccessPioneering studies in the 1930s on perception: An historical background of experimental psychology in Japan 1
Author(s) -
Oyama Tadasu,
Torii Shuko,
Mochizuki Toshiko
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2005.00275.x
Subject(s) - perception , experimental psychology , psychology , illusion , blindness , cognitive psychology , originality , comparative psychology , social psychology , cognition , neuroscience , optometry , medicine , creativity
Some pioneering experimental studies on perception conducted by Japanese investigators in the 1930s are reviewed. The topics and investigators of these studies were optical illusions (Obonai, Morinaga), size constancy (Akishige, Ogasawara), apparent movement in vision and audition (Ogasawara, Yuki), time‐space interaction (Abe, Abbe), recovery from blindness (Kuroda, Akishige), and animal perception (Takagi, Kuroda). The originality in the ideas and methods of these studies compared with Western studies in that period and their influence on recent experimental psychology in Japan are discussed.