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The Moon illusion

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Maurice Hershenson
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LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC Incorporated, 1989 - Psychology - 421 pages
This unique volume attempts to answer one of mankind's oldest puzzles -- why the moon appears to be larger and closer on the horizon than when it is high in the sky. Over the centuries, many viable solutions have been proposed for this psychological phenomenon. The Moon Illusion presents papers by major theorists striving to explain the illusion and providing commentaries on the works of others.

Research on the moon illusion has been scattered throughout journals in many disciplines including philosophy, physiology, physics, and psychology. As the first publication to present a comprehensive treatment of the problem, this book is of vital interest to professionals whose major concern is visual perception, experimental psychology, or the neurosciences. Of additional interest to those whose focus is physics or astronomy.

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From the Cover: Explaining the moon illusion -- Kaufman and ...
An old explanation of the moon illusion holds that various cues place the horizon moon at an effectively greater distance than the elevated moon. ...
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Moon illusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Moon illusion is a visual illusion (optical illusion) in which the Moon ... 9.1 Reference List A (The moon illusion as an angular size illusion that is ...
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The Moon Illusion by Maurice P. Hershenson at Questia Online Library
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Moon Illusion: Explanation
Whole books have been written on the subject, including The Moon Illusion by Maurice Hershenson, which you can buy, if you have an extra hundred bucks to ...
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Moon Illusion Explained: Bibliography
The moon illusion in pictures: A multi mechanism approach Journal of Experimental ... Explaining the moon illusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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The moon illusion: Kaufman and Rock’s (1962) apparent-distance ...
claimed that the visible terrain is essential for the moon illusion to occur. ... Even if the visual surround (terrain) contributes to the moon illusion as ...
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The Moon Illusion Explained Introduction and Summary
Given that for most people the moon illusion begins as an angular size illusion, for many ... Consequently they cannot possibly "explain" the moon illusion ...
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JSTOR: The Moon Illusion
The Moon Illusion* Frances Egantl Rutgers University Ever since Berkeley discussed the problem at length in his Essay Toward a New Theory of Vision, ...
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The Moon Illusion
Summary and critique of hypotheses about the moon illusion.
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About the author (1989)

Hershenson is the George and Frances Levin Professor of Psychology at Brandeis University.

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TitleThe Moon illusion
EditorMaurice Hershenson
Editionillustrated
PublisherLAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC Incorporated, 1989
ISBN0805801219, 9780805801217
Length421 pages
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Psychology / Cognitive Psychology
  
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