Perceptual reactance and melanic density.
Following assessment of eye color, a total of 108 college students (33 males and 75 females) estimated changes in sizes of standardized blocks while blindfolded. Subjects were classfied as perceptual augmenters, moderates or reducers as a function of their overestimation, accurate estimation, or underestimation, respectively, of the sizes of the blocks. A significant interaction of gender by perceptual reactance appeared, with augmenting males being rated the most dark-eyed and augmenting females being rated the most light-eyed. Interpretation of the findings was made in terms of attention to relevant cues.
D003463:Cues; D005127:Eye Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D008297:Male; D011334:Proactive Inhibition; D011931:Reactive Inhibition; D012737:Sex Factors; D012858:Size Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013236:Stereognosis; D044465:White People