On the contours of apparent motion: a new perspective on visual space-time.
Previous results on the perception of motion indicate that perceived motion paths cannot be explained solely in terms of simple feature-specific analyzers. This is particularly true of apparent (phi) motion. In this paper we develop a dynamic network, with simple filtering and summation properties, which can predict the geometric paths of apparent motion in various spatio-temporal configurations. The network assumptions predict a non-Euclidean metric for the visual space-time of motion perception and we consider the implications of such distortions for various visual displays, including illusions.
D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009039:Motion Perception; D013028:Space Perception; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception