Implicit-shape constancy as a factor in pictorial perception.
Schoolboys from the Ivory Coast and from Kenya were tested on a simple task intended to detect the effect of implicit-shape constancy. The presence of such an effect was confirmed. Comparison of two Ivorean subsamples differing in their responses to a request to build a model of a depicted structure showed that those subjects who build flat (2D) models were less influenced by the implicit-shape constancy than those subjects who built three-dimensional structures. This confirms a postulated link between the implicit constancy and perception of pictorial depth.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003867:Depth Perception; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D007630:Kenya; D008568:Memory; D009949:Orientation; D014796:Visual Perception