perceptual constancy
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1. (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | perception, |
| definition | : | the process of perceiving (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | brightness constancy, |
| definition | : | the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | shape constancy, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | size constancy, |
| definition | : | the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) (noun.cognition) |
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