The Axis Feature: Illusionary Effects on Children's Judgments of Length.

Scher, Anat

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Publication Date: 1982-Dec

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The Axis Feature: Illusionary Effects on Children's Judgments of Length.

Scher, Anat

Perceptual and Motor Skills, v55 n3 pt 1 p720-22 Dec 1982

Forty five-year-olds compared two arms of an L-shaped figure on-axis or perpendicular to axis inside circles of different diameters. In making perceptual judgments about the relative length, the children tended to describe the on-axis line as longer. The context model of visual anomalies was supported. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Hypothesis Testing, Pictorial Stimuli, Psychological Studies, Spatial Ability, Visual Discrimination, Visual Measures, Visual Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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