Magnitude of the Moon Illusion as a Function of the Age of the Observer
- 4 September 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 130 (3375) , 569-570
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.130.3375.569
Abstract
The diminution in the apparent size of an object when viewed overhead as compared with its apparent size in the horizontal plane is greater for children than for adults. This relationship, of which the well-known moon illusion is a special case, is interpreted to be a consequence of the normal development of size constancy.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Perception of ObjectsAmerican Journal of Physics, 1946
- The Moon IllusionAmerican Journal of Physics, 1943