Players who had been hitting a baseball poorly perceived the ball as smaller than those who had been hitting well. This best illustrates that size perception can be influenced by

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The fact that players who were hitting poorly perceived the ball as smaller suggests that their top-down processing, or their cognitive interpretation of the visual input, was influenced by their lack of success hitting the ball. This demonstrates that size perception can be influenced by top-down processing.

Players Who Had Been Hitting a Baseball Poorly Perceived the Ball