Definition of perceptual constancy Perceptual constancy
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What does perceptual constancy mean?
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| 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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| perception the process of perceiving | ||
| psychological science, psychology the science of mental life | ||
| brightness constancy the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination | ||
| color constancy, colour constancy the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions | ||
| shape constancy the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) | ||
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