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A generalization about age changes in assimilation and contrast illusions was proposed. A version of the Ponzo illusion, which apparently provided an exception to the generalization, was analyzed into the classical Ponzo and the filled-space illusions, and these were administered to children ranging in age from 5 to 17 years. Both of these illusions were found to decline with age, thus contradicting the results of earlier investigations.
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Pressey, A.W. Age changes In the Pernio and filled-space illusions. Perception & Psychophysics 15, 315–319 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03213950
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