SHAPE CONSTANCY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shape constancy" is a kind of...):

constancy; perceptual constancy ((psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation)

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