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Seeing and feeling volumes: The influence of shape on volume perception.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20421094     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The volume of common objects can be perceived visually, haptically or by a combination of both senses. The present study shows large effects of the object's shape on volume perception within all these modalities, with an average bias of 36%. In all conditions, the volume of a tetrahedron was overestimated compared to that of a cube or a sphere, and the volume of a cube was overestimated compared to that of a sphere. Additional analyses revealed that the biases could be explained by the dependence of the volume judgment on different geometric properties. During visual volume perception, the strategies depended on the objects that were compared and they were also subject-dependent. However, analysis of the haptic and bimodal data showed more consistent results and revealed that surface area of the stimuli influenced haptic as well as bimodal volume perception. This suggests that bimodal volume perception is more influenced by haptic input than by visual information.
Authors:
Mirela Kahrimanovic; Wouter M Bergmann Tiest; Astrid M L Kappers
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-04-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta psychologica     Volume:  134     ISSN:  1873-6297     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Psychol (Amst)     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-14     Completed Date:  2010-09-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370366     Medline TA:  Acta Psychol (Amst)     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  385-90     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. m.kahrimanovic@uu.nl <m.kahrimanovic@uu.nl>
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Discrimination (Psychology) / physiology
Female
Form Perception / physiology*
Humans
Male
Questionnaires
Size Perception / physiology*
Touch / physiology*
Vision, Ocular / physiology*

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