The Influence of the Size of Retinal Image and of Perspective upon the Visual Perception of Distance: A Comparative Study

Authors

Ruth Updegraff, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Upon the assumption that visual perceptions are integrated in character and that some kind of an empirical basis is presupposed in their formation, we have attempted to segregate, for experimental purposes, two of the more commonly acknowledged factors in the estimation of relative distances. Both of these factors may be said to be functions of the stimulus, rather than of the response. A comparison of their relative influence in the distance perceptions of young children and adults, as well as a study of acuity in these perceptions, is the object of this investigation.

Publication Date

1927

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

34

Issue

1

First Page

311

Last Page

312

Copyright

©1927 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Updegraff, Ruth (1927) "The Influence of the Size of Retinal Image and of Perspective upon the Visual Perception of Distance: A Comparative Study," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 34(1), 311-312.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol34/iss1/105