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Published on: April 16, 2014
Effects of visual-field inversions on the reverse-perspective illusion
Norman D Cook1, Takefumi Hayashi, Toshihiko Amemiya
1Department of Informatics, Kansai University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. cook@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The 'reverse-perspective' illusion entails the apparent motion of a stationary scene painted in relief and containing misleading depth cues. We have found that, using prism goggles to induce horizontal or vertical visual-field reversals, the illusory motion is greatly reduced or eliminated in the direction for which the goggles reverse the visual field. We argue that the illusion is a consequence of the observer's inability to reconcile changes in visual information due to body movement with implicit knowledge concerning anticipated changes. As such, the reverse-perspective illusion may prove to be useful in the study of the integration of linear perspective and motion parallax information.
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