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Emmert's law: a standalone construct

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Perception

an afterimage looks larger when projected onto a more distant surface, so perceived size scales with perceived distance.

In perception, Emmert's law refers to an afterimage looks larger when projected onto a more distant surface, so perceived size scales with perceived distance. This meaning comes from Sperandio (2012) in Nature Neuroscience.[1]

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References

Sperandio, I., Chouinard, P. A., & Goodale, M. A. (2012). Retinotopic activity in V1 reflects the perceived and not the retinal size of an afterimage. Nature Neuroscience, 15(4), 540-542. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3069

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