More Accurate Size Contrast Judgments in the Ebbinghaus Illusion by a Remote Culture

Autor/inn/en	de Fockert, Jan; Davidoff, Jules; Fagot, Joel; Parron, Carole; Goldstein, Julie
Titel	More Accurate Size Contrast Judgments in the Ebbinghaus Illusion by a Remote Culture
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33 (2007) 3, S.738-742 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
Schlagwörter	Visual Perception; Visual Discrimination; Misconceptions; Cross Cultural Studies; Needs Assessment; Vision; Information Processing; Stimuli; Geometric Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Missverständnis; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Bedarfsermittlung; Informationsverarbeitung; Anreizsystem; Elementare Geometrie
Abstract	The Ebbinghaus (Titchener) illusion was examined in a remote culture (Himba) with no words for geometric shapes. The illusion was experienced less strongly by Himba compared with English participants, leading to more accurate size contrast judgments in the Himba. The study included two conditions of inducing stimuli. The illusion was weaker when the inducing stimuli were dissimilar (diamonds) to the target (circle) compared with when they were similar (circles). However, the illusion was weakened to the same extent in both cultures. It is argued that the more accurate size judgments of the Himba derive from their tendency to prioritize the analysis of local details in visual processing of multiple objects, and not from their impoverished naming. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10