Gravity as a monocular cue for perception of absolute distance and/or absolute size.
When the motion of an object is influenced by gravity (eg free fall, pendulum, wave motion), that influence may provide a cue to computing the absolute distance and/or size of the object. Formal analysis supports the claim that the distance and size of moving objects are generally computable with reference to the gravitational component of motion. Informal evidence from judgments of realism in films is consistent with this gravity-cue hypothesis.
Watson
J S
JS
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Banks
M S
MS
von Hofsten
C
C
Royden
C S
CS
D003463:Cues; D004215:Distance Perception; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009038:Motion; D012858:Size Perception; D015349:Vision, Monocular