title: Cognitive styles: illusory phenomena.
abstract: The relationship between cognitive style and illusion magnitude was examined using the assimilation and contrast Delboeuf distortions. As in previous research, field dependence correlated positively with assimilation; however, a significant negative correlation with contrast was also found, suggesting that, while field dependence may involve the illusory integration of the stimulus field, field independence may involve its equally illusory differentiation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003071:Cognition; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D008297:Male; D009903:Optical Illusions