Individual differences in visual science

John D Mollon, Jenny M Bosten, David H Peterzell, Michael A Webster

OAI: oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/273795 • DOI: 10.17863/CAM.20863

We all pass out our lives in private perceptual worlds. The differences in our sensory and perceptual experiences often go unnoticed until there emerges a variation (such as 'The Dress') that is large enough to generate different descriptions in the coarse coinage of our shared language. In this essay, we illustrate how individual differences contribute to a richer understanding of visual perception, but we also indicate some potential pitfalls that face the investigator who ventures into the field.

Behavioural genetics correlation Experimental design Factor Analysis individual differences Specific abilities Vision Visual mechanisms Biomedical Research Humans Individuality Research Design Vision Ocular Visual Perception