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RELATION BETWEEN PERCEPTUAL AND CONCEPTUAL OPERATIONS: NUMERICAL DISTANCE AND VISUAL EXTENT *
Author(s) -
TEFT L.,
WAPNER S.,
WERNER H.,
McFARLAND J. H.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1964.tb00927.x
Subject(s) - perception , interval (graph theory) , psychology , visual perception , cognitive psychology , relation (database) , statistics , social psychology , mathematics , computer science , neuroscience , combinatorics , database
This study deals with the problem of interaction of conceptual (number) and perceptual (extent) processes. The general hypothesis was tested that if an extent is demarcated by two numbers (from 1 to 9), the perception of extent varies depending on the numerical interval used. It was found that a visual extent demarcated by a smaller numerical interval appeared equal to a visual extent demarcated by a greater numerical interval when the former extent was physically smaller relative to the latter.