Volume 3, Number 10, Article 5, Pages 625-629 doi:10.1167/3.10.5 http://journalofvision.org/3/10/5/ ISSN 1534-7362
On the principle of minimal relative motion – the bar, the circle with a dot, and the ellipse
Zili Liu
Department of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Abstract

Beghi, Xausa, & Zanforlin (1991a) and Beghi, Xausa, De Biasio, & Zanforlin (1991b) have presented visual stereokinetic phenomena. When a bar is rotated in the image plane, it appears to be slanted in depth. Likewise, when a circle with an off-centered dot is rotated, a three-dimensional (3-D) cone is perceived. Finally, when an ellipse is rotated in the image plane, an ellipsoid is perceived that is tilted in depth. To explain these phenomena, Beghi et al. (1991a,b) offer an analytic model that assumes that the visual system nullifies the speed differences between all stimulus points. I critique this analytic model, and show that it cannot explain the perceptual phenomena.

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History
Received September 19, 2002; published October 31, 2003
Citation
Liu, Z. (2003). On the principle of minimal relative motion – the bar, the circle with a dot, and the ellipse. Journal of Vision, 3(10):5, 625-629, http://journalofvision.org/3/10/5/, doi:10.1167/3.10.5.
Keywords
stereokinesis, structure-from-motion, depth, rigidity, minimal relative motion
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