Saturday, November 1, 2014

E) Perceptual Constancies: Shape Constancy

Shape Constancy

Due to shape constancy, we are able to perceive the familiar objects as the same as always, even when the actual images on our retinas are different due to a change in angle. 

http://www.acousticslab.org/filmmusic/FMDownloads/FMModule7ba.htm

Even though the shapes on the left and right have different shapes from the rectangular shape of a wall, we can perceive them as walls due to our familiarity of the shape of a wall. Therefore, the change in wall does not seem to cause a shape in the wall due to shape constancy. 

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