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Title: | Stimulus determinants of the Müller-Lyer illusion and its decrement |
Other Titles: | Stimulus determinants of the M-L illusion and its decrement |
Authors: | Dewar, Robert Edward |
Advisor: | Newbigging, P.L. |
Department: | Psychology |
Keywords: | Müller-Lyer;perceptual learning |
Publication Date: | Jun-1965 |
Abstract: | Five experiments, involving 456 subjects, were conducted to determine the influence of certain stimulus characteristics of the Müller-Lyer figure on the magnitude of this illusion and on the decrement of the illusion which occurs with practice. The results showed that the magnitude of the illusion is directly related to the length of the oblique lines and inversely related to the angle between the obliques and the prominence of the horizontal line. Reducing the angle between the obliques and reducing the prominence of the horizontal line caused the illusion to decrease more rapidly over a series of 100 trials. The final experiment provided evidence consistent with the interpretation that changes in attention may be responsible for the practice decrement. These results are discussed in terms of perceptual learning. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/23610 |
Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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