Abstract
Tested the magnitude of the over- and underestimated portions of the Ebbinghaus (Titchner circles) illusion in 688 Ss ranging in age from 5 to 70 yrs. Results indicate that the overestimated portion decreases while the underestimated portion yields increasing illusory distortion as a function of age. Both configurations produced nonlinear age trends. These results suggest that reports of inconsistent age trends in illusions may be the result of combining increasing and decreasing age functions found in some components of the same illusion configuration. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 193-194 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Developmental psychology |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1978 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Demography
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Life-span and Life-course Studies