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The organismic variable of age has a profound effect on the magnitude of the Poggendorff illusion. Children perceive a greater illusion than do adults. However, a successive trials effect has been demonstrated only in adults. These findings are explained in terms of a perceptual model derived from the developmental theory of Werner and Wapner and basic information-processing concepts.
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Bayer, C.A. An explanation of developmental differences in the successive trials effect of the Poggendorff illusion. Psychon Sci 26, 85–86 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335440
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