Visual perception

United States, 1959

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Dr. Hadley Cantrill of Princeton University discusses his investigations of the effects of some of our assumptions on what we see. Shows balloons that seem to move when in reality they are being inflated and deflated, or illuminated and darkened.

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Credits

producer/director

Robert Young

Duration

00:18:12:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1959

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011579

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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