Antarctic Isolation and Inversion Perception
This pilot study sought to determine whether or not inversion perception conformity is enhanced by Antarctic isolation. The inversion perception stimuli consisted of 12 figure pairs. The task was to indicate one figure of each pair as appearing upside down. Subjects (N = 10) exposed to long-term Ant...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0013916586182008 2024-06-16T07:35:08+00:00 Antarctic Isolation and Inversion Perception Regression Phenomena Barabasz, Arreed Barabasz, Marianne 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916586182008 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0013916586182008 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Environment and Behavior volume 18, issue 2, page 285-292 ISSN 0013-9165 1552-390X journal-article 1986 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916586182008 2024-05-19T12:58:04Z This pilot study sought to determine whether or not inversion perception conformity is enhanced by Antarctic isolation. The inversion perception stimuli consisted of 12 figure pairs. The task was to indicate one figure of each pair as appearing upside down. Subjects (N = 10) exposed to long-term Antarctic winter-over isolation demonstrated significantly greater focal point dependency than comparable control subjects (N = 10). Subjects (N = 7) exposed to short-term summer Antarctic isolation showed a tendency toward greater focal point dependency immediately following isolation and at later follow-up testing. Implications of this important adaptation to Antarctic living are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic SAGE Publications Antarctic Environment and Behavior 18 2 285 292 |
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This pilot study sought to determine whether or not inversion perception conformity is enhanced by Antarctic isolation. The inversion perception stimuli consisted of 12 figure pairs. The task was to indicate one figure of each pair as appearing upside down. Subjects (N = 10) exposed to long-term Antarctic winter-over isolation demonstrated significantly greater focal point dependency than comparable control subjects (N = 10). Subjects (N = 7) exposed to short-term summer Antarctic isolation showed a tendency toward greater focal point dependency immediately following isolation and at later follow-up testing. Implications of this important adaptation to Antarctic living are discussed. |
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