ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B

›› 1959, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (05): 27-40.

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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON AUTOKINETIC ILLUSION

FENG KEN-CHUAN AND YANG TE-CHUANG (Institute of Psychology, Academia Sinica)   

  • Published:1959-10-25 Online:1959-10-25

Abstract: Autokinetic illusion, is a problem which is of significance, in aviation and, also a long existing theoretical problem of psychology.Having carried out ten series of experiments in this study, the authors also examined the theory of autokinetic illusion. One can conclude from this study that the three major factors affecting the autokinetic illusion are: 1) the stability of the spafical perception of the structure by means of the field in which the objects are localized; 2) the conditions effecting the localization of the observed objects; 3) the positive activities on the part of the observer while perceiving the relative locations of the objects. The, absence of these factors may contribute to the formation of autokinetic illusion.Our experimental results seem to demonstrate that by making full use of the above factors one may diminish or even eliminate such illusion.The experimental conditions of this study were not well controlled, the number of subjects employed were rather small. These imposed a considerable limitation, upon the significance of results of this study.

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