Citation

Zhang Y, Liu J, Wang Y, Huang J, Wei L, Zhang B, Wang W, Chen W. Transl. Neurosci. 2017; 8: 15-20.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Walter de Gruyter)

DOI

10.1515/tnsci-2017-0004

PMID

28729913

PMCID

PMC5443890

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In military men, performance such as gun-shooting precision relies on factors such as the ability to resist visual illusion, and this misperception of visual stimulus might be linked with sensation seeking related personality.

METHODS: We have invited 103 male military men and 104 age-matched university male students to undergo the experiment of the Brentano version of the Müller-Lyer illusion and the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ) tests.

RESULTS: The military men scored significantly lower than students did on the ZKPQ Impulsive Sensation Seeking test but higher on Aggression-Hostility and Sociality test, and displayed less misperception magnitude to the illusion. The Impulsive Sensation Seeking, Neuroticism-Anxiety and Aggression-Hostility traits in military men, and the Activity in students were respectively correlated with the misperception magnitudes of the illusion in different manners.

CONCLUSION: Limited results in our study have indicated that the military men had pronounced personality traits which were correlated with the misperception magnitude of the Müller-Lyer illusion.

Language: en

Keywords

Male university students; Military men; the Brentano version of the Müller-Lyer illusion; the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire