shape constancy
noun
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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)
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- perceptual constancy hypernym
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceptual constancy |