Aniseikonic Perception of Injured Areas of One's Own Body
- 1 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 33 (1) , 47-50
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1971.33.1.47
Abstract
The hypothesis was evaluated that the greater the anxiety associated with a body area the more resistant it is to aniseikonic lens distortion. This was done by having men ( N = 42) hospitalized with serious body damage (in restricted body areas) view themselves in a full-length mirror while wearing aniseikonic lenses and report the degree to which various major body sectors appeared to be altered by the lenses. It was found, as predicted, that injured sectors were perceived as less altered than non-injured ones.Keywords
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