Tool use produces a size illusion revealing action-specific perceptual mechanisms
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- Title
- Tool use produces a size illusion revealing action-specific perceptual mechanisms
- Authors
- Suh, Jihyun; Abrams, Richard A.
- Date Issued
- 2018-02
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Abstract
- In four experiments, participants estimated the sizes of target objects that were either out of reach, or that could be reached by a tool (a stylus or laser pointer). Objects reachable with the aid of a tool were perceived to be smaller than identical objects without a tool. Participants’ responses to questioning rule out demand characteristics as an explanation. This new size illusion may reflect a direct impact of tool use on perceived size, or it may stem from the effects of tool use on perceived distance. Both possibilities support action specific accounts of perception.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/107613
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.12.003
- ISSN
- 0001-6918
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- Acta Psychologica, vol. 183, page. 10 - 18, 2018-02
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