Sex Differences in the Poggendorff Illusion: Identifying the Locus of the Effect

Ling, Jonathan; Hamilton, Colin; Heffernan, Tom

doi:10.2466/pms.102.1.142-146

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“…The results are consistent with past research where women perceive a larger illusion than men (Declerk & DeBrabander, 2002;Ling, et al, 2006). Most importantly, however, is the finding that consistent sex differences occurred with both variants of the illusion and not only with the traditional figure.…”

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Sex Differences and Spatial Separation in the Poggendorff Illusion

Knudson

Woodland

Wilson

2012

Comprehensive Psychology

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This study examined the responses of 40 undergraduate women and 40 men to two Poggendorff figures, a traditional figure with the right oblique line omitted and a modified variant with the left vertical line and the right oblique line absent. Participants placed a dot on the right vertical line where the oblique line, if extended, would intersect the right vertical line. The results showed that women displayed larger illusions than men on both figures, consistent with past findings. Finding a sex difference with the modified variant did not support the suggestion that the intersection between the oblique and vertical lines is responsible for such differences. The effects of spatial separation and size of acute angle were similar for both versions of the illusion. The effects of spatial separation were inconsistent with an explanation of the illusion based on depth cues and it was suggested that an explanation of the Poggendorff illusion should focus on processing between the vertical lines.

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“…1A, the two portions of the transversal appear misaligned, although they are objectively collinear. Recently, Declerck and De Brabander (2002) and Ling, Hamilton, and Heffernan (2006) investigated sex differences in the magnitude of the illusion. In both studies, women exhibited a larger illusion than men with the traditional figure.…”

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Sex Differences and Spatial Separation in the Poggendorff Illusion

Knudson

Woodland

Wilson

2012

Comprehensive Psychology

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“…W odniesieniu do płci nie ma jednoznacznych wyników (Porac i in., 1979;Ling, Hamilton, Heffernan, 2006). Badacze stylów poznawczych (Kozhevnikov, 2007) potwierdzają, że kobiety są bardziej zależne od pola niż mężczyźni, zarówno na podstawie testu EFT, jak i RFT.…”

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“…Jednak wyniki nie są jednoznaczne. W niektórych badaniach kobiety w mniejszym stopniu niż mężczyźni ulegają złudzeniu Poggendorffa, natomiast bardziej przeszacowują wielkość półokręgów w iluzji Boldwina oraz bardziej niedoszacowują wielkości odcinków w iluzji Müllera-Lyera (Ling, Hamilton, Heffernan, 2006). Określenie, czym jest złudzenie, zależy w znacznej mierze od przyjętego paradygmatu -informacyjnego (Gregory, 1997;Rock, 1984) bądź ekologicznego (Gibson, 1979).…”

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Analiza podatności na złudzenia wzrokowe ze względu na zależność od pola i płeć

Bednarek¹,

Lukas²

2015

FoliaPsych

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Abstrakt. Poszukiwano odpowiedzi na pytania: czy osoby ulegające złudzeniom kształtu i kierunku ulegają także złudzeniom stałości przechylenia; czy osoby zależne w porównaniu z niezależnymi od pola w ujęciu Witkina charakteryzuje większa podatność na złudzenia; czy kobiety bardziej niż mężczyźni ulegają złudzeniom wzrokowym?Przeprowadzono dwa badania. W pierwszym wzięło udział 75 uczniów (M = 18,5; SD = 0,5), zaś w drugim 31 studentów psychologii (M = 20; SD = 0,5). Zastosowano Rod and Frame Test do badania iluzji Pręta i Ramy, komputerową symulację złudzeń wzrokowych: Zollnera, Poggendorffa, Ponzo, Ebbinghausa, Millera-Lyera oraz EFT Witkina do określania zależności od pola.Okazało się, że kobiety bardziej niż mężczyźni ulegają iluzji Pręta i Ramy, Poggendorffa i Zӧll-nera, natomiast zależność od pola nie różnicuje podatności na badane złudzenia. Związki pomiędzy iluzją Pręta i Ramy a pozostałymi złudzeniami uzyskano dla kąta odchylenia ramy od pionu o 15 stopni. Słowa kluczowe: złudzenia kształtu i kierunku, teoria stałości przechylenia, FDI, Zӧllner i Poggendorff, iluzja Pręta i Ramy.

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“…Regarding possible gender differences in the processing of optical illusions, most of the work has been carried out in a behavioral level of analysis. In this framework, there is converging evidence indicating that males outperform females in visual illusion processing tasks related to the Poggendorff illusion (Beckett 1990, Ninio and O'Regan 1999, Collaer and Nelson 2002, Declerck and De Branbader 2002, Ling et al 2006, Knudson et al 2012, the Ponzo illusion (Miller 1999(Miller , 2001 and other cases of optical illusions (for instance Pratarelli and Steitz 1995). It is believed that these differences reflect the fact that the two genders employ different strategies to process an optical illusion.…”

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Gender-dependent variations in optical illusions: evidence from N400 waveforms

Papageorgiou¹,

Stachtea²,

Papageorgiou³

et al. 2020

Physiol. Meas.

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Objective: The cognitive mechanisms (especially the gender-related ones) underlying optical illusion processing remain elusive. Since the N400 component of event-related potentials (ERPs) is an index of the semantic integration of information processing tasks, the present study focuses on gender-related differences in N400 waveforms elicited during the reasoning process applied to reach a valid conclusion of optical illusions engaging working memory (WM). Approach: Fifty-one healthy participants (28 males, age = 34.25 years ± 10.25, years of education = 16.00 years ± 1.78; and 23 females, age = 33.43 ± 7.93, years of education = 15.56 ± 1.82) were measured. The N400 ERP component was evoked by 39 optical illusions adjusted to induce WM. We compared brain activation patterns while participants maintained conclusions of the optical illusions in WM. The N400 of ERPs was recorded during the WM phase, during which participants were required to draw a logical conclusion regarding the correctness of the optical illusions. Main results: Analysis revealed that females compared to males exhibited significantly increased N400 amplitudes located at parietal and occipital sites, whereas males exhibited significantly higher N400 amplitudes located at frontal areas. Furthermore, females compared to males demonstrated significantly prolonged latencies of the N400 component located at right frontotemporal abductions. Significance: These results suggest that coupling of optical illusions with WM engages distinct gender-related variations of brain semantic processing as reflected by the N400 ERP component. Based on the dual process account, our study gives support to the notion that women tend to employ a more deliberate and slower semantic reasoning than the men who tend to employ an automatic and fast one. Topographically, within the network sub-serving the semantic operation, the posterior brain areas responsible for sensorimotor integration-related processes elicit a greater brain activation among females while the anterior brain areas responsible for control and storage/retrieval operation elicit a greater brain activation among males.

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Sex Differences in the Poggendorff Illusion: Identifying the Locus of the Effect

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Sex Differences and Spatial Separation in the Poggendorff Illusion

Sex Differences and Spatial Separation in the Poggendorff Illusion

Analiza podatności na złudzenia wzrokowe ze względu na zależność od pola i płeć

Gender-dependent variations in optical illusions: evidence from N400 waveforms

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