The Influence of Visual Stimulation on Kinesthetic Figural After-Effects
- 1 March 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Illinois Press in The American Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 69 (1) , 70-75
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1418116
Abstract
Kohler s satiation theory applied to figural after-effects implies that the "phenomenon is specific to any given modality." This implication was tested with reference to kinesthetic figural after-effects by asking the 10 experimental Ss to gaze at a 2-in. strip during the standardization period, and at a 1-in. or 4-in. strip during the interpolated period. Then other Ss served as a control group. Results show a significant under-estimation of the tactile-kinesthetic stimulus, a 2-in. aluminum strip, "only when contrasting size-relationships exist between the visual stimuli." These findings contradict the original satiation theory.Keywords
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