Implied dynamics biases the visual perception of velocity.

We expand the anecdotic report by Johansson that back-and-forth linear harmonic motions appear uniform. Six experiments explore the role of shape and spatial orientation of the trajectory of a point-light target in the perceptual judgment of uniform motion. In Experiment 1, the target oscillated bac...

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Main Authors: Barbara La Scaleia, Myrka Zago, Alessandro Moscatelli, Francesco Lacquaniti, Paolo Viviani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3965519?pdf=render