Sunday, November 10, 2013

Perceptual Constancies: Part 3 -- Shape Constancy




Shape Constancy is the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle. For example, when opening a door we know the door remains the same shape even though from different viewing angles the shape looks different. Our brains learn this from knowing that the shape of an object usually won’t change and that the objects shape will remain constant even when viewed from a different angle.

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