Jaeger T
Westminister College, Fulton, MO 65251-1299.
Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Aug;79(1 Pt 2):531-5. doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.1.531.
It is argued that a previous study showing the parallel lines illusion is stronger in adulthood than in adolescence or old age is methodologically sound. Further, this finding does not necessitate a defense of assimilation theory based on epistemology that links the phenomenal properties of illusions to the techniques of measurement. Rather, it is suggested that Pressey's 1974 and 1987 hypothesis that all illusions of assimilation decline from childhood to adulthood mistakenly extends the decrement into adulthood when in fact the decrement occurs only between the ages of 6 and 10 years.
有一种观点认为，之前一项研究表明平行线错觉在成年人中比在青少年或老年人中更强，该研究在方法论上是合理的。此外，这一发现并不需要基于认识论来为同化理论辩护，因为认识论将错觉的现象属性与测量技术联系起来。相反，有人指出，普雷西在1974年和1987年提出的假设，即所有同化错觉从童年到成年都会减少，错误地将这种减少延伸到了成年期，而实际上这种减少只发生在6至10岁之间。
