Effects of visual-field inversions on the reverse-perspective illusion.
The 'reverse-perspective' illusion entails the apparent motion of a stationary scene painted in relief and containing misleading depth cues. We have found that, using prism goggles to induce horizontal or vertical visual-field reversals, the illusory motion is greatly reduced or eliminated in the direction for which the goggles reverse the visual field. We argue that the illusion is a consequence of the observer's inability to reconcile changes in visual information due to body movement with implicit knowledge concerning anticipated changes. As such, the reverse-perspective illusion may prove to be useful in the study of the integration of linear perspective and motion parallax information.
Cook
Norman D
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Department of Informatics, Kansai University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. cook@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp
Hayashi
Takefumi
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Amemiya
Toshihiko
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Suzuki
Kimihiro
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Leumann
Lorenz
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D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D009903:Optical Illusions; D011601:Psychophysics; D014794:Visual Fields