Distortions of perceived length in the frontoparallel plane: Tests of perspective theories

摘要

The perceived length of a line segment, in a frontoparallel plane is sometimes affected by the presence of other line segments in the visual field. Perspective theories attribute such interactions to size-constancy scaling: The configuration of line segments present in the visual field includes depth cues that trigger size scaling of each line segment. In three experiments, we test this claim for a range of simple configurations composed of two line segments joined at, a point. These configurations include the inverted T configuration of the bisection illusion, as well as the L configuration of the horizontal-vertical illusion. We conclude that. the available depth cues, even when supplemented by known biases in perspective interpretations, do not account for observed distortions injudgments of relative length.