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An Evaluation of the Size Distance Invariance Hypothesis and Binocular Size Perception

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2011, v.23 no.2, pp.239-255
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2011.23.2.004

(2011). An Evaluation of the Size Distance Invariance Hypothesis and Binocular Size Perception. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 23(2), 239-255, https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2011.23.2.004
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Abstract

For too long, size perception research has been guided by the size distance invariance hypothesis (SDIH). Although research to validate this hypothesis has been largely inconclusive, the hypothesis has endured, perhaps in part because alternative information sources for size perception were lacking. Here, I propose an alternative binocular information source for size perception. An experiment was conducted to assess the utility of the proposed information and at the same time the perceptual independence of size and distance perception. Participants viewed a virtual object stereoscopically then judged its size and distance. Results were consistent with the proposed model’s prediction but inconsistent with the SDIH. The present findings were construed as evidence against the SDIH as an account of size perception for the binocular visual system.

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양안크기지각, 거리지각, 크기거리불변가설, binocular size perception, distance perception, size distance invariance hypothesis

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