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Experimental Studies of a Perceptual Anomaly

VI. The Application of the “Peephole” Analogy to the Perception of “Organic” Psychiatric Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

M. B. Shapiro  and
Barbara Tizard
M. B. Shapiro
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry (University of London), Maudsley Hospital
Barbara Tizard
Affiliation:
London Hospital
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The experiment to be reported in this paper stems from previous work on the block design rotation effect (Shapiro, 2, 3, 4; Yates, 9, 10; Williams, Lubin et al., 7). As is well known, the block design test in its various forms: Kohs, Wechsler and Goldstein Scheerer, requires the subject to reproduce, with one-inch multi-coloured cubes, a series of abstract designs. It has been reported by a number of observers that subjects sometimes leave their reproductions in a rotated position, although otherwise the designs have been correctly reproduced.

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Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 104 , Issue 436 , July 1958 , pp. 792 - 800
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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