The influence of simulated mutilation upon the perception of the human figure.

Abstract

"Employing 14 sets of anisekonic lenses of ascending power in the psychophysical method of limits, the "distortion thresholds" for an apparently mutilated figure and for a normal figure were established for a sample of 12 S's. The results show the threshold for the mutilated figure to be significantly higher than for the normal figure. This indicates that a greater amount of optical change is required to bring about a concomitant perceptual change for the mutilated as compared with the normal figure." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)