The psychophysiological component of cultural difference in color naming and illusion susceptibility

Behavior Science Notes Vol/Iss. 8 Published In Pages: 41-101
By Bornstein, Marc H.

Hypothesis

"More [eye] pigmented peoples will be better judges of line lengths in the Muller-Lyer figure (i.e., be less illusion susceptible) than will less [eye] pigmented peoples" (78)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of meansSupportedNot ApplicableUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Illusion SusceptibilityDependentSensation And Perception
PigmentationIndependentDescriptive Somatology