Samuel, Stephen and Hagspiel, Klara and Cole, Geoff G and Eacott, Madeline J (2021) 'Seeing’ proximal representations: Testing attitudes to the relationship between vision and images. PLoS One, 16 (8). e0256658-e0256658. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256658
Samuel, Stephen and Hagspiel, Klara and Cole, Geoff G and Eacott, Madeline J (2021) 'Seeing’ proximal representations: Testing attitudes to the relationship between vision and images. PLoS One, 16 (8). e0256658-e0256658. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256658
Samuel, Stephen and Hagspiel, Klara and Cole, Geoff G and Eacott, Madeline J (2021) 'Seeing’ proximal representations: Testing attitudes to the relationship between vision and images. PLoS One, 16 (8). e0256658-e0256658. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256658
Abstract
Corrections applied by the visual system, like size constancy, provide us with a coherent and stable perspective from ever-changing retinal images. In the present experiment we investigated how willing adults are to examine their own vision as if it were an uncorrected 2D image, much like a photograph. We showed adult participants two lines on a wall, both of which were the same length but one was closer to the participant and hence appeared visually longer. Despite the instruction to base their judgements on appearance specifically, approximately half of the participants judged the lines to appear the same. When they took a photo of the lines and were asked how long they appeared in the image their responses shifted; now the closer line appeared longer. However, when they were asked again about their own view they reverted to their original response. These results suggest that many adults are resistant to imagining their own vision as if it were a flat image. We also place these results within the context of recent views on visual perspective-taking.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | mental imagery; vision; size constancy; perspective taking; naïve optics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2021 17:34 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 18:20 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/30889 |
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