the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
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shape constancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | constancy, perceptual constancy |
Examples of shape constancy
shape constancy
Unfamiliar objects, however, do not always follow the rules of shape constancy and may change when the perspective is changed.
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This was one of the early statements of size-distance invariance as a cause of perceptual size and shape constancy, a view supported by the Stoics.
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