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Perspective-based illusory movement in a flat billboard--an explanation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20942359     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We describe a compelling motion illusion elicited by a huge billboard placed along a street, depicting a building that contains strong perspective cues. When observers move fast along the opposite sidewalk, they perceive the depicted building as rotating in their direction of travel. This is a special case of the 'following', or 'pointing out of the picture', illusion that elicits a strong illusory motion percept. Here we discuss the cause of the illusory motion and suggest that the brain relies on the depicted perspective cues to infer a 3-D shape and a concomitant motion that is incompatible with the physical pictorial surface.
Authors:
Thomas V Papathomas; Zoe Kourtzi; Andrew E Welchman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Perception     Volume:  39     ISSN:  0301-0066     ISO Abbreviation:  Perception     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-14     Completed Date:  2010-12-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372307     Medline TA:  Perception     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1086-93     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Laboratory of Vision Research, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. papathom@rci.rutgers.edu
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MeSH Terms
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Cues
Depth Perception / physiology*
Humans
Models, Theoretical
Motion
Movement
Optical Illusions / physiology*
Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology*

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