Factors in the rotation of reproduced figures.
Investigated the effectiveness of presenting some of the MPD designs on rotated backgrounds; examination was made of the incidence of a particular rotational error in the records of 246 psychiatric patients. This error, the reproduction of the square of the circle-square design in "square" instead of the correct "diamond" orientation, occurred very much more often when the background was rotated than when it was normal, which confirmed that the orientation of the background had a strong effect on the reproductions. The error was made significantly more often by Ss with brain damage than by those with functional disorders. The findings were discussed in relation to the concept of field-dependence.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009949:Orientation; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014796:Visual Perception