Effect of Instructions on the Disappearance of Steadily Fixated Luminous Figures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10124530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana Belton (Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, corresponding author), Roger Ware (0000-0001-7453-0168, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 249-256 |
| Publication date | 1981-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221309.1981.9921042 |
| PMID | 7241103 |
| OpenAlex | W2043628732 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
A controversy has existed in the literature between peripheral and central processes as explanations for the disappearances found in steadily fixated luminous figures. The present experiment (N = 24 male and female undergraduates) was designed to test the extent to which the instructions or experimenter bias influence the disappearances of three different luminous figures. The results indicated that the type of instruction did affect the frequency of disappearances, but not the kind of disappearances. A significant difference was also found in the frequency of disappearances among the different figures. These results support the central process hypothesis
Affect (linguistics · Cognitive psychology · Communication · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes · Visual perception and processing mechanisms
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |