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Age differences have been commonly found in the magnitude of the visual illusion obtained with the Müller-Lyer illusion. The present experiment has examined haptic (tactualkinesthetic) judgments of this figure by Ss of different ages. Young children, older children, and adults did not differ in amount of haptic illusion. The bearing of this finding on Piaget’s analysis of age differences in visual illusion is discussed.
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Over, R. Haptic judgment of the Müller-Lyer illusion by subjects of different ages. Psychon Sci 9, 365–366 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327850
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