NOUN | cognition | size constancy | the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar / familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) |
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Meaning | The tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar / familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye). | |
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Broader | constancy, perceptual constancy | (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation |
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