title: In defense of the assimilation theory of visual illusions.
abstract: It is argued that, contrary to Schiano's view (1986), assimilation theory does explain the nonmonotonic relationship between degree of distortion and size of context.
authors.affiliation: St. John's College, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Pressey
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D009903:Optical Illusions; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D012858:Size Perception