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AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF RECTILINEAR AND CURVILINEAR ILLUSIONS
Author(s) -
FISHER GERALD H.
Publication year - 1968
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.2044-8295.1968.tb01112.x
Subject(s) - psychology , illusion , perspective (graphical) , curvilinear coordinates , optical illusion , cognitive psychology , social psychology , geometry , mathematics
The magnitudes of the illusory distortions apparent in the Ponzo figure and in three newly devised spatial patterns are estimated. Comparison of these with an appropriate control situation indicates that significant spatial distortions remain present in configurations which do not necessarily define angular contexts. Implications of these findings for ‘the perspective theory’ of illusions and for ‘the carpentered world hypothesis’ are discussed.