Measurement of rate of expansion in the perception of radial motion Journal Article


Authors: Wurfel, Jeff D.; Barraza, José F.; Grzywacz, Norberto M.
Article Title: Measurement of rate of expansion in the perception of radial motion
Abstract: Optic flow generated by rigid surface patches can be decomposed into a small number of elementary motion types. In these experiments, we show that the human visual system can evaluate expansion, one of these motion types, metrically. Moreover, we show that the discrimination of rates of expansion are spatially local. Because the estimation of the focus of expansion is somewhat imprecise, this locality sometimes produces predictable errors in the estimation of rate of expansion. One can make predictions like this with a model adapted from one previously developed for angular-velocity discrimination.
Journal Title: Vision research
Volume: 45
Issue: 21
ISSN: 0042-6989
Publisher: Unknown  
Journal Place: England
Date Published: 2005
Start Page: 2740
End Page: 2751
Language: eng
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Notes: J2: Vision Res
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