A Comparison of Two Theories of Perceived Distance on the Ground Plane: The Angular Expansion Hypothesis and the Intrinsic Bias Hypothesis

Two theories of distance perception—ie, the angular expansion hypothesis (Durgin and Li, 2011 Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 73 1856–1870) and the intrinsic bias hypothesis (Ooi et al, 2006 Perception 35 605–624)—are compared. Both theories attribute exocentric distance foreshortening to...

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Main Authors: Zhi Li, Frank H Durgin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-06-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/i0505