Number of the records: 1  

Perceived size and perceived direction: The interplay of the two descriptors of visual space

  1. 1.
    SYSNO ASEP0366234
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitlePerceived size and perceived direction: The interplay of the two descriptors of visual space
    Author(s) Šikl, Radovan (PSU-E) ORCID, RID, SAI
    Šimeček, Michal (PSU-E)
    Number of authors2
    Source TitlePerception - ISSN 0301-0066
    Roč. 40, č. 8 (2011), s. 953-961
    Number of pages9 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryNL - Netherlands
    Keywordsvisual space ; spatial descriptors ; size judgments ; direction judgments ; parameterization
    Subject RIVAN - Psychology
    R&D ProjectsGPP407/10/P566 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    CEZAV0Z70250504 - PSU-E (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000297141700006
    EID SCOPUS80053969803
    DOI10.1068/p6537
    AnnotationThe stimulus in the outdoor psychophysical experiment was formed by two rods placed on the ground plane over a range of distances and orientations. Observers estimated its size and direction by positioning the third rod to form an evenly spaced collinear triple of rods. The data revealed interesting similarities between the profiles of the deviations in both judgments: for size judgments, the variability of the responses was least when the targets were at a frontal orientation and gradually increased as the orientation approached the medial plane. For direction judgments, the variability of the responses was least when the stimuli were aligned with the observer’s line of sight and gradually increased as the orientation approached the frontoparallel plane. The finding of inverse relationship between the precision of size and direction judgments is interpreted as a consequence of the unequal precision in localisation between the frontal and in-depth dimensions of visual space.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Psychology
    ContactŠtěpánka Halamová, Halamova@praha.psu.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 222 096
    Year of Publishing2012
Number of the records: 1  

  This site uses cookies to make them easier to browse. Learn more about how we use cookies.