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Observations were made of the reversal rate of a three-dimensional skeletal cube as a function of observing condition and state of rest or motion of the cube. Perspective reversal rate of the stationary three-dimensional cube is greater than direction reversal rate of the same cube set in motion. Reversal rate of the rotating cube drops with rest, replicating a similar finding with the Necker cube. Comparisons are made with the rotating trapezoidal window illusion. nt]mis|The author is most grateful to Marshall P. Smith, Chairman of the Psychology Department of Trenton State College, for his aid in securing space and college students, and to David L. Hoats, of the Johnstone Research Department, for wiring the apparatus.
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Spitz, H.H. Some observations of a stationary and revolving three-dimensional skeletal cube. Perception & Psychophysics 7, 287–288 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210167
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