title: Extrapolating spatial layout in scene representations.
abstract: Can the visual system extrapolate spatial layout of a scene to new viewpoints after a single view? In the present study, we examined this question by investigating the priming of spatial layout across depth rotations of the same scene (Sanocki & Epstein, 1997). Participants had to indicate which of two dots superimposed on objects in the target scene appeared closer to them in space. There was as much priming from a prime with a viewpoint that was 10° different from the test image as from a prime that was identical to the target; however, there was no reliable priming from larger differences in viewpoint. These results suggest that a scene's spatial layout can be extrapolated, but only to a limited extent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Queen's University, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON K7L3N6, Canada. monica.castelhano@queensu.ca
authors.forename: Monica S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Castelhano
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pollatsek
mesh_terms: D003463:Cues; D003867:Depth Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D004215:Distance Perception; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D013028:Space Perception