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Some conditions make it
easier to abstract the proximal-
mode relations than others do.
For example, when the images
of two objects in the scene are
adjacent and parallelΓÇöΓÇôas with
the wooden ties of the railroad
trackΓÇöΓÇôit is relatively easy to
see that one is "shorter" than
the other. When, however, the
objects are widely separated
and must be viewed
successively, it is difficult to
abstract these features. That
may be why artists use their
thumb or a pencil to try to
ascertain the proper visual
angle of one thing in relation
to another.
Some people may also be
better than others at capturing
the proximal-mode character of
their perception. In the
scientific literature on
perception, theorists have
sometimes speculated about
differences among people in
this regard, referring to such
perceptual or cognitive "styles"
as analytical versus integrative
or as field-independent versus
field-dependent. Those
individuals who are more easily
able to attend to their
proximal-mode perceptions may
be the ones we say are endowed
with artistic ability, although
such a capacity would be but
one component of overall
talent in art. Whether this
capacity is innate or learned is
a further question. The
question of whether artists are
made or born is still
controversial in psychology.