Autokinetic movement as a function of symbolic meaning of target shape.
The autokinetic movement responses of 10 American, 10 Chinese, and 10 Iranian students to religious symbols and control stimuli were measured. The hypothesis of differential direction response as a function of the target shapes was supported. Iranian students did show a pattern of responding significantly different from the American and Chinese.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003469:Culture; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D007492:Iran / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D011930:Reaction Time; D014481:United States; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014796:Visual Perception