The aperture problem in egocentric motion.
When only a featureless straight contour of a moving object is visible, one cannot tell its true velocity and the object seems to be moving perpendicularly to its orientation. Using psychophysics and brain imaging, Goltz et al. have now demonstrated that this aperture problem also occurs in visual representations in egocentric coordinates. An afterimage of inclined lines that is perceived to move with smooth-pursuit eye movements appears to move perpendicularly to the lines rather than in the tracking direction.
Murakami
Ikuya
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Human and Information Science Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan. ikuya@apollo3.brl.ntt.co.jp
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