METRICAL INFORMATION LOAD OF LINES AND ANGLES IN-LINE PATTERNS

Acute angles and long lines are more complex than obtuse angels and sh ort lines. This source of complexity is called metrical information, f or which a measure was proposed by Leeuwenberg (1982). According to th is measure, the metrical information of a static pattern is specified as the sum of the mechanical impulses necessary to move an object acco rding to this pattern. The perceptual relevance of this metrical load was tested in an experiment in which judged complexities were gathered for a number of simple line patterns.