Levels of processing in visual illusions: The combination and interaction of distortion-producing mechanisms.
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
- Vol. 5 (2) , 324-335
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0096-1523.5.2.324
Abstract
In order to assess the mode and sequence of interaction of visual-geometric illusion mechanisms, responses to simple and composite overestimation configurations were measured in 72 observers. Analysis suggests that some illusion mechanisms add their distortions to the outputs of others and that other mechanisms average. A logarithmic or near-logarithmic transformation seems to occur when illusory effects combine. A path analysis of the results suggests that some illusory mechanisms combine in a serial manner and that others operate on separate parallel channels. Notions based on simple addition of illusory effects and on serial linear processing are not supported by these analyses.Keywords
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