Fragments of the Roelofs effect: A bottom-up effect equal to the sum of its parts

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The Roelofs effect is a distortion of perceived space that occurs when a large frame whose center is offset left or right from the objective midline is presented visually to an observer and causes a bias in the observer's subjective judgment of midline. Experiments were designed to test whether an isolated fragment (left or right end) of a Roelofs-inducing frame was capable of generating the Roelofs effect and to determine whether prior experience with intact frames would provide a top-down influence that would bias the Roelofs effect resulting from fragment presentation. Although the fragments did induce an effect, top-down information did not play a significant role even after a 5-day training paradigm. Instead, we found that the effect generated by an intact frame was equal in magnitude to the sum of the effects generated by the individual fragments. In addition, perception was found to be differentially affected by the two ends of the frame, with fragments falling in the right visual field causing a larger effect than those falling in the left. Copyright 2006 Psychonomic Society, Inc.

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Walter, E., & Dassonville, P. (2006). Fragments of the Roelofs effect: A bottom-up effect equal to the sum of its parts. Perception and Psychophysics, 68(8), 1243–1253. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193724

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