An experiment was designed to investigate the effect of the size-weight illusion upon absolute judgments of weights, the illusion being introduced by decreasing the size of an anchor much heavier than the judged stimuli. It was found that the introduction of the size-weight illusion did not affect the magnitude of the judgment shifts induced. There is at least a limitation on the operation of the size-weight illusion through a remote anchor.
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