The Moon Illusion

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Maurice Hershenson
Psychology Press, 2013. máj. 13. - 472 oldal
This unique volume attempts to answer one of mankind's oldest puzzles -- why the moon appears to be larger and closer on the horizon than when it is high in the sky. Over the centuries, many viable solutions have been proposed for this psychological phenomenon. The Moon Illusion presents papers by major theorists striving to explain the illusion and providing commentaries on the works of others.

Research on the moon illusion has been scattered throughout journals in many disciplines including philosophy, physiology, physics, and psychology. As the first publication to present a comprehensive treatment of the problem, this book is of vital interest to professionals whose major concern is visual perception, experimental psychology, or the neurosciences. Of additional interest to those whose focus is physics or astronomy.
 

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Preface
That Most Puzzling Illusion
Early References to the Moon Illusion
The Moon Illusion in Modern Science
Recent Developments
EXPLANATIONS OF THE MOON ILLUSION
Illinois Studies
ZoomLens Hypothesis
Perceptual Development
The Moon Illusion
The Contribution of Heuristic Processes to the Moon
The Simulated Moon Illusion
Discussion
References
The Toy Illusion
References

Toward
A Critique of the ImageBlurring Hypothesis Enright
A Critique of the Studies of Kaufman and Rock 1962a
The AngleofRegard Hypothesis
Prologue to Applications of NearTriad Zooming
Why Does the Horizon Moon Look So Large?
How Much Magnification?
Putting it all Together
On the Importance of Predictions
An Oculomotor Hypothesis for the Soupbowl
Measuring Accommodation with Purkinje
Moon Illusion as Anomaly
Perceived Size of the Moon
Monocular System Structure and the SizeDistance
References
The Transformation Model
The Moon Illusion
Conclusion
References
Perceived Size and Perceived Distance
The Quantitative Formulation of Visual Space
Neurobiological Mechanisms
The Phenomena of the Moon Illusion
Reading Celestial Passage
COMMENTARY
General Discussion
Measurements of the Illusion
Conclusion
Is There Just One Moon Illusion?
Explanations Based on Relations of Size and Distance
The Motivation Toward Physical Explanations of the Moon
Illusion
Gogels Laws and the Paradoxical Moon Illusion
Experiential and Intellectual Processes in the Moon
To Exorcize a Ghost from the Perceptual Machine
Some Contradictions Involving Egocentric Distance
An Integration Through
One or Many Effects?
One or Many Mechanisms?
A Multifaceted Multicausal Percept
A Brief Comment
The Puzzle Remains
Is More Research Necessary?
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