Journal article

Publication year: 2000

Pages: 20-25

Journal: Psychological Science

Volume number: 11

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0956-7976

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00209

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Abstract: 
Neuropsychological studies prompted the theory that the primate visual system might be organized into two parallel pathways, one for conscious perception and one for guiding action. Supporting evidence in healthy subjects seemed to come from a dissociation in visual illusions: In previous studies, the Ebbinghaus (or Titchener) illusion deceived perceptual judgments of size, but only marginally influenced the size estimates used in grasping. Contrary to those results, the findings from the present study show that there is no difference in the sizes of the perceptual and grasp illusions if the perceptual and grasping tasks are appropriately matched. We show that the differences found previously can be accounted for by a hitherto unknown , nonadditive effect in the addition. We conclude that the illusion does not provide evidence for the existence of two distinct pathways for perception and action in the visual system.

Harvard Citation style: Franz, V., Gegenfurtner, K., Bülthoff, H. and Fahle, M. (2000) Grasping visual illusions: No evidence for a dissociation between perception and action, Psychological Science, 11(1), pp. 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00209

APA Citation style: Franz, V., Gegenfurtner, K., Bülthoff, H., & Fahle, M. (2000). Grasping visual illusions: No evidence for a dissociation between perception and action. Psychological Science. 11(1), 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00209