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Peer reviewedJohnson, Scott P.; Mason, Uschi – Child Development, 2002
Examined 2-month-old infants' perception of sparse random-dot displays depicting an illusory shape against a background in three experiments in which background texture, luminance cues, and relative motion information were added or deleted. Found that infants preferred novel stimuli in each condition, revealing an early capacity to perceive shape…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Infants, Kinesthetic Perception, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Peer reviewedHorner, David T.; Robinson, K. Desix – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Discusses the size-weight illusion that occurs when a person lifts two equal-weight objects differing in size and perceives the larger object as lighter than the small object. Describes several inexpensive techniques for demonstrating the size-weight illusion and reviews some relevant issues concerning this phenomena. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Experiments, Error Patterns
