The size-weight illusion in 2-D nonlinear psychophysics |
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Authors: | R A Gregson L A Britton |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia. |
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Abstract: | An extension of unidimensional nonlinear psychophysics is postulated by using forms of cross-coupling between the parameters of the two single-channel recursions, which have already been shown to model some perceptual phenomena. The size-weight illusion is shown to be reproducible in the topology of its relations, and it is suggested that some so-called illusions are in fact the natural consequences of nonlinear cross-coupling. The conditions that produce the illusion involve partially compensating the cross-coupling of sensory dimensions, and a second equilibrium with no cross-coupling, resembling simpler veridical perception, also exists in the behavior of some subjects. |
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