Textbooks make claims like this: "people tend to perceive desirable objects as being closer to them than less desirable ones" What's the evidence for this? A look at: Balcetis and Dunning (2010) Wishful Seeing: More Desired Objects are Seen as Closer Psychological Science 21: 147-152

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This episode ties into first year psychology content on sensation and perception