1980 Volume 21 Issue 3 Pages 131-136
To investigate factors affecting the perception of figures, relationships have been discussed between figure factors and physical factors. Seven factors have been obtained by a factor analysis performed on 20 figures by determining 22 physical characteristics. Then a factor analysis made on the stimulus threshold of each figure determined by 20 participants has revealed five factors affecting the figure perception. Psychological factors have been related to the physical factor by using a coefficient of partial correlation according to the Hayashi's Quantification Scaling Theory, Type 1.
Effective factors for all factors affecting perception of figure are an intuitive perception of geometry, abstraction and concretion of the figure, peripheral linearity of the figure and distorsion in horizontal direction. Other physical factors differ from factor to factor of perception.
