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Citation

Coren S, Aks DJ. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1990; 16(2): 365-380.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2142205

Abstract

The existence of the moon illusion in pictorial representations was demonstrated in 6 experiments. Ss either judged the size of the moon in pictures, depicted as on the horizon or high in the sky, or drew horizon and elevated moons. The horizon moon was consistently judged to be larger than the elevated moon, independent of the angle at which the pictures are viewed. The distance paradox usually observed with the moon illusion (horizon moon apparently closer than the elevated moon) also exists in pictures. The magnitude of both size and distance effects depends on the salience of depicted depth cues. The pattern of results suggests that the moon illusion is caused by several interacting mechanisms and that use of pictorial stimuli may allow the separation of various cognitive from physiological contributions to the illusion.


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