ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Does Long-Term Musical Training Have an Impact in the Sensitivity of Visual Illusions?
- Alessandra Pecunioso
University of Padova - Christian Agrillo
University of Padova
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis according to which long-term musical training have effects in the perceptual laws underlying vision. To achieve our goal, we compared the sensitivity of musicians and non-musicians for the ‘Solitaire illusion’. Our results suggest that the perceptual laws are partially altered after prolonged musical studies.
Perception