The construction of a plane from pictorial information.
Experiments are described which support the theory that the perception of a plane receding in depth is based on a process of construction. Displays were created which eliminated direct or higher-order stimulus information concerning the orientation of a plane, such as texture gradients or perspective. Instead, objects and the shadows they cast sufficed to suggest and support a depth interpretation. The perceived location of objects on this constructed plane affects size perception thereby providing evidence for a computational rather than a direct theory of constancy.
D003463:Cues; D003867:Depth Perception; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D012858:Size Perception; D013028:Space Perception