Developing the Leuven Embedded Figures Test (L-EFT): testing the stimulus features that influence embedding

摘要

BackgroundThe Embedded Figures Test (EFT, developed by Witkin and colleagues ()) has been used extensively in research on individual differences, particularly in the study of autism spectrum disorder. The EFT was originally conceptualized as a measure of field (in)dependence, but in recent years performance on the EFT has been interpreted as a measure of local versus global perceptual style. Although many have used the EFT to measure perceptual style, relatively few have focused on understanding the stimulus features that cause a shape to become embedded. The primary aim of this work was to investigate the relation between the strength of embedding and perceptual grouping on a group level.