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Visuelle Welt: A Windows™ program for demonstrating visual-perception phenomena

Visuelle Welt: A Windows™ program for demonstrating visual-perception phenomena Visuelle Welt: A Windows™ program for demonstrating visual-perception phenomena RONALD HÜBNER* Institut für Psychologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 19, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany Received 5 July 1996; revised 21 October 1996; accepted 21 October 1996 Abstract-The Windows program Visuelle Welt allows the demonstration of various visual phenomena such as geometrical-optical illusions, subjective contours, apparent movement, and Gestalt principles. One of the program's most interesting features is that the illusion-inducing context can be switched off, and in addition for many phenomena parameters can be varied interactively. DESCRIPTION For teaching and for learning theories about visual perception, it is often helpful to demonstrate effects or phenomena such as illusions. Some phenomena, like effects of lightness contrast or subjective contours, can well be demonstrated with textbook fig- ures (Shiffman, 1990). However, if one wants to vary some of the stimulus parameters or to modify the visual context, then the number of possibilities are restricted by using static figures; computer programs are more appropriate. There are programs available for demonstrating color-vision effects (Irtel, 1992), subjective contours (Dougherty, 1990), and geometrical-optical illusions (Carreras, 1993). However, there are still a number of important and interesting phenomena which cannot be demonstrated with these programs or by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Spatial Vision (continued as Seeing & Perceiving from 2010) Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0169-1015
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1568-5683
DOI
10.1163/156856897X00122
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Abstract

Visuelle Welt: A Windows™ program for demonstrating visual-perception phenomena RONALD HÜBNER* Institut für Psychologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 19, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany Received 5 July 1996; revised 21 October 1996; accepted 21 October 1996 Abstract-The Windows program Visuelle Welt allows the demonstration of various visual phenomena such as geometrical-optical illusions, subjective contours, apparent movement, and Gestalt principles. One of the program's most interesting features is that the illusion-inducing context can be switched off, and in addition for many phenomena parameters can be varied interactively. DESCRIPTION For teaching and for learning theories about visual perception, it is often helpful to demonstrate effects or phenomena such as illusions. Some phenomena, like effects of lightness contrast or subjective contours, can well be demonstrated with textbook fig- ures (Shiffman, 1990). However, if one wants to vary some of the stimulus parameters or to modify the visual context, then the number of possibilities are restricted by using static figures; computer programs are more appropriate. There are programs available for demonstrating color-vision effects (Irtel, 1992), subjective contours (Dougherty, 1990), and geometrical-optical illusions (Carreras, 1993). However, there are still a number of important and interesting phenomena which cannot be demonstrated with these programs or by

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Spatial Vision (continued as Seeing & Perceiving from 2010)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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