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Selected Works of Gavin Buckingham
Presentation
A Dissociation between Perception and Action in the Material‐weight Illusion
Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Meeting (2009)
  • Gavin Buckingham, The University of Western Ontario
  • Jonathan S. Cant, The University of Western Ontario
  • Kai-Ling C. Kao, The University of Western Ontario
  • Melvyn A. Goodale, The University of Western Ontario
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Abstract

We examined what forces are applied to objects that elicit this illusion when they are lifted.We predicted that:

(1) Forces on early trials will scale to each participant’s expectations of how much a particular block will weigh ‐ excessive force will be applied to the metal block and insufficient force applied to the polystyrene block.

(2) Forces on later trials will scale to the real weight of each block ‐ identical levels of force applied to all the blocks.

(3) MWI will persist throughout ‐ polystyrene block will feel the heaviest, metal block will feel the lightest.

Keywords
  • Dissociation,
  • Perception,
  • Action,
  • Illusion
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Citation Information
Gavin Buckingham, Jonathan S. Cant, Kai-Ling C. Kao and Melvyn A. Goodale. "A Dissociation between Perception and Action in the Material‐weight Illusion" Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Meeting (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gavinbuckingham/16/