Subjective Lorentz transformations and the perception of motion.
It has been known for some 40 years that the perceived velocity of a moving object does not correspond to its physical velocity. It is also known that the perceived length and temporal duration of a moving objects is affected by its physical velocity. In this paper it is argued that such phenomenal distortions can be embedded in a model for motion perception that involves the concepts of moving frames, Lorentz transformations, perceived length contractions, and time dilations. Experimental results support this model and indicate that c, the maximum perceivable velocity of movement, plays a crucial role in determining motion effects.
D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009039:Motion Perception; D013028:Space Perception; D013998:Time Perception