Simultaneous brightness contrast as a function of practice
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Gary McClure (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Kendon Smith
Abstract: The present investigation was addressed to the question of whether or not the illusion of simultaneous brightness contrast is susceptible to a practice effect as are the Poggendorff, Zoellner, and Mueller-Lyer illusions. A nativistic, or peripheral, explanation of brightness contrast would predict no change in the degree of the illusion as a consequence of practice. An empiricistic, or central, explanation would predict a decrement in the degree of the contrast effect following successive practice trials. Five Ss, 3 male and 2 female students of advanced status in the University, participated. Using the method of adjustment, each S attempted to equate the brightness of an adjustable field with that of a standard field of 1 ft.-L. luminance. On each of 10 consecutive days, S rendered: (1) 10 control comparisons in the absence of any contrast effect, and (2) 50 experimental judgments, during which the standard field was surrounded by an inducing field of 4 ft.-L. luminance.
Simultaneous brightness contrast as a function of practice
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- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 1968
- Subjects
- Brightness perception
- Brightness perception $x Experiments