shape constancy
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1. 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)
| hypernym | : | constancy, perceptual constancy, |
| definition | : | (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) |
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