An experimental test of two mathematical models applied to the size-weight illusion.
Two quantitative models, which make different quantitative predictions for the amount of the size-weight illusion, were tested according to the psychophysical methods employed by the respective authors (magnitude estimation versus category ratings). Both models with their corresponding method were supported. This causes uncertainty over Anderson's chaim that the validity of both a model and the applied scale used is sufficiently test by the socalled joint testing procedure.
D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011601:Psychophysics; D012107:Research Design; D012858:Size Perception; D014892:Weight Perception