The brightness-weight illusion: Darker objects look heavier but feel lighter

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 462-469

  Walker, Peter ^a   Francis, Brian J ^b   Walker, Leanne ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brightness weight correspondence; Cross modality correspondence; Object brightness; Perceptual illusion; Weight perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

COLOR; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 78149439181     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000057     Document Type: Article

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