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Apparent motion in depth resulting from changing size and changing vergence. 1987

H Heuer

Abteilung für Psychologie, Universität Bielefeld, FRG.

Two experiments are reported in which the effect of combining stimuli of changing size and changing vergence on the perception of motion in depth was examined. Changing size and changing vergence corresponded to in-phase or anti-phase sinusoidal motions of an outline circle, with different amplitudes. In-phase stimuli had approximately additive effects on the estimated peak-to-peak amplitude of apparent motion in depth. Anti-phase stimuli did not cancel each other; apparent motion was in-phase with one or the other stimulus. When apparent motion was in-phase with one stimulus, there was only a limited influence of the other stimulus. The results are discussed with regard to a model proposed by Regan and Beverley for the combination of changing size and changing disparity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007088	Illusions	The misinterpretation of a real external, sensory experience.	Autokinetic Effect,Autokinetic Illusions,Effect, Autokinetic,Illusions, Auditory,Illusions, Kinesthetic,Illusions, Tactile,Illusions, Visual,Auditory Illusion,Auditory Illusions,Autokinetic Effects,Autokinetic Illusion,Effects, Autokinetic,Illusion,Illusion, Auditory,Illusion, Autokinetic,Illusion, Kinesthetic,Illusion, Tactile,Illusion, Visual,Illusions, Autokinetic,Kinesthetic Illusion,Kinesthetic Illusions,Tactile Illusion,Tactile Illusions,Visual Illusion,Visual Illusions
D008297	Male		Males
D009039	Motion Perception	The real or apparent movement of objects through the visual field.	Movement Perception,Perception, Motion,Perception, Movement
D009903	Optical Illusions	An illusion of vision usually affecting spatial relations.	Illusion, Optical,Illusions, Optical,Optical Illusion
D009949	Orientation	Awareness of oneself in relation to time, place and person.	Cognitive Orientation,Mental Orientation,Psychological Orientation,Cognitive Orientations,Mental Orientations,Orientation, Cognitive,Orientation, Mental,Orientation, Psychological,Orientations,Orientations, Cognitive,Orientations, Mental,Orientations, Psychological,Psychological Orientations
D011597	Psychomotor Performance	The coordination of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) process and a motor activity.	Perceptual Motor Performance,Sensory Motor Performance,Visual Motor Coordination,Coordination, Visual Motor,Coordinations, Visual Motor,Motor Coordination, Visual,Motor Coordinations, Visual,Motor Performance, Perceptual,Motor Performance, Sensory,Motor Performances, Perceptual,Motor Performances, Sensory,Perceptual Motor Performances,Performance, Perceptual Motor,Performance, Psychomotor,Performance, Sensory Motor,Performances, Perceptual Motor,Performances, Psychomotor,Performances, Sensory Motor,Psychomotor Performances,Sensory Motor Performances,Visual Motor Coordinations
D003290	Convergence, Ocular	The turning inward of the lines of sight toward each other.	Convergences, Ocular,Ocular Convergence,Ocular Convergences
D003867	Depth Perception	Perception of three-dimensionality.	Stereopsis,Stereoscopic Vision,Depth Perceptions,Perception, Depth,Perceptions, Depth,Stereopses,Stereoscopic Visions,Vision, Stereoscopic,Visions, Stereoscopic
D005133	Eye Movements	Voluntary or reflex-controlled movements of the eye.	Eye Movement,Movement, Eye,Movements, Eye
D005260	Female		Females