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Comment
. 2017 Mar;12(2):344-346.
doi: 10.1177/1745691616677829.

Counterpoint

Frank H Durgin  1
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Counterpoint

Frank H Durgin. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

Claims about alterations in perception based on manipulations of the energetics hypothesis (and other influences) are often framed as interesting specifically because they affect our perceptual experience. Many control experiments conducted on such perceptual effects suggest, however, that they are the result of attribution effects and other kinds of judgmental biases influencing the reporting process rather than perception itself. Schnall (2017, this issue), appealing to Heider's work on attribution, argues that it is fruitless to try to distinguish between perception and attribution. This makes the energetics hypothesis less interesting.

Keywords: demand characteristics; embodied perception; glucose; space perception.

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  • No Magic Bullet in Sight.
    Schnall S. Schnall S. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2017 Mar;12(2):347-349. doi: 10.1177/1745691617691948. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2017. PMID: 28346116 No abstract available.

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