title: A belongingness principle of motion perception.
abstract: Four experiments are reported that investigated the role of the perceived coplanarity of a moving target with respect to a frame of reference in the third dimension on the perceived path of that target. When a target dot and small moving frame appeared coplanar, the dot's perceived trajectory was governed entirely by its changing position relative to the moving frame. However, when the target and a large stationary frame appeared in a different plane than the small moving frame, the motion of the dot was seen independently of the moving frame. The results support a belongingness principle of motion perception: The displacement of an object relative to a frame of reference to which it belongs governs its perceived path of motion.
authors.affiliation: Vision Department, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, Connecticut 06349-5900, USA. divita@nsmrl.navy.mil
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: DiVita
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003867:Depth Perception; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D005863:Gestalt Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception; D009903:Optical Illusions; D009949:Orientation; D011601:Psychophysics; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D015349:Vision, Monocular