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SHAPE CONSTANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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