Publication Date:
1982-01-08
Description:
Contrary to a previous assumption, the center of the expanding pattern of visual flow is not generally useful as an aid in judging the direction of self motion since its direction depends on the direction of gaze. For some visual environments, however, the point of maximum rate of change of magnification in the retinal image coincides with the direction of self motion, independently of the direction of gaze. This visual indicator could be used to judge the direction of self motion.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Regan, D -- Beverley, K I -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Jan 8;215(4529):194-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7053572" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Humans
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Motion Perception/*physiology
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Orientation/physiology
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Retina/physiology
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Visual Perception/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
