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Alexander W. Pressey

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29

Publications

849

Citations

18

H-Index

1967

Active since

Affiliations

University of Manitoba(Current)

University of Winnipeg

Alexander W. Pressey is an author at University of Manitoba specializing in social sciences, cognitive science, and psychophysics.

Top concepts

Cognitive ScienceSocial SciencesPsychophysicsExperimental PsychologyCognitionPhilosophy Of MindPsychologyMultisensory IntegrationEye TrackingSpatial Cognition

Publications per year

1967–1992

29

Publications

29

An extension of assimilation theory to illusions of size, area, and direction

Alexander W. Pressey · Perception & Psychophysics · 1971 · 117 citations · Full text

Cognitive Science, Perception System, Cognition +9

A Theory of the Mueller-Lyer Illusion

Alexander W. Pressey · Perceptual and Motor Skills · 1967 · 73 citations

Central Tendency Effect, Cognitive Science, Mueller-lyer Illusion +14

Further developments in the assimilation theory of geometric illusions: The adjacency ,principle

Alexander W. Pressey, Robert Murray · Perception & Psychophysics · 1976 · 63 citations · Full text

Visual Language, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Sciences +11

Assimilation theory and the Ponzo illusion: Quantitative predictions.

Alexander W. Pressey, N. Butchard, Lee Scrivner · Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie · 1971 · 46 citations

Cognitive Science, Social Behavior, Assimilation Theory +6

The assimilation theory of geometric illusions: An additional postulate

Alexander W. Pressey · Perception & Psychophysics · 1972 · 44 citations · Full text

Cognitive Science, Cognition, Spatial Cognition +6

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