Assimilation and contrast illusions: differences in plasticity.
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Three experiments show differences in the plasticity of the contrast and assimilation portions of the Delboeuf, Ebbinghaus, and Ponzo illusions. Contrast illusions show decrement in illusion magnitude with free inspection, whereas assimilation illusions do not. A model to explain both the original distortion and the differential susceptibility of the two classes of illusion to decrement is offered.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Perception & psychophysics
دوره 32 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982