Visual perception of location and distance

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 72-77

  Loomis, Jack M ^a   Da Silva, José A ^b   Philbeck, John W ^a   Fukusima, Sergio S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0030163322     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10772783     Document Type: Article

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1. For example, see J.E. Cutting and P.M. Vishton, Perceiving layout and knowing distances: The integration, relative potency, and contextual use of different information about depth, in Handbook of Perception and Cognition: Vol. 5. Perception of Space and Motion, W. Epstein and S. Rogers, Eds. (Academic Press, New York, in press); J.M. Foley, Binocular distance perception, Psychological Review, 87, 411-134 (1980); A.S. Gilinsky, Perceived size and distance in visual space, Psychological Review, 58, 460-482 (1951);
2. For example, see J.E. Cutting and P.M. Vishton, Perceiving layout and knowing distances: The integration, relative potency, and contextual use of different information about depth, in Handbook of Perception and Cognition: Vol. 5. Perception of Space and Motion, W. Epstein and S. Rogers, Eds. (Academic Press, New York, in press); J.M. Foley, Binocular distance perception, Psychological Review, 87, 411-134 (1980); A.S. Gilinsky, Perceived size and distance in visual space, Psychological Review, 58, 460-482 (1951);
3. For example, see J.E. Cutting and P.M. Vishton, Perceiving layout and knowing distances: The integration, relative potency, and contextual use of different information about depth, in Handbook of Perception and Cognition: Vol. 5. Perception of Space and Motion, W. Epstein and S. Rogers, Eds. (Academic Press, New York, in press); J.M. Foley, Binocular distance perception, Psychological Review, 87, 411-134 (1980); A.S. Gilinsky, Perceived size and distance in visual space, Psychological Review, 58, 460-482 (1951);
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6. For example, see D.N. Lee, Visuo-motor coordination in space-time, in Tutorials in Motor Behavior, G.E. Stelmach and J. Requin, Eds. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1980); M.K. McBeath, D.M. Shaffer, and M.K. Kaiser, How baseball outfielders determine where to run to catch fly balls, Science, 268, 569-573 (1995); W.H. Warren, The perception-action coupling, in Sensory-Motor Organizations and Development in Infancy and Early Childhood, H. Bloch and B.I. Bertenthal, Eds. (Kluwer Academic, the Netherlands, 1990).
7. For example, see D.N. Lee, Visuo-motor coordination in space-time, in Tutorials in Motor Behavior, G.E. Stelmach and J. Requin, Eds. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1980); M.K. McBeath, D.M. Shaffer, and M.K. Kaiser, How baseball outfielders determine where to run to catch fly balls, Science, 268, 569-573 (1995); W.H. Warren, The perception-action coupling, in Sensory-Motor Organizations and Development in Infancy and Early Childhood, H. Bloch and B.I. Bertenthal, Eds. (Kluwer Academic, the Netherlands, 1990).
8. For example, see D.N. Lee, Visuo-motor coordination in space-time, in Tutorials in Motor Behavior, G.E. Stelmach and J. Requin, Eds. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1980); M.K. McBeath, D.M. Shaffer, and M.K. Kaiser, How baseball outfielders determine where to run to catch fly balls, Science, 268, 569-573 (1995); W.H. Warren, The perception-action coupling, in Sensory-Motor Organizations and Development in Infancy and Early Childhood, H. Bloch and B.I. Bertenthal, Eds. (Kluwer Academic, the Netherlands, 1990).
9. J.M. Loomis, J.A. Da Silva, N. Fujita, and S.S. Fukusima, Visual space perception and visually directed action, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 906-921 (1992); S.S. Fukusima, J.M. Loomis, and J.A. Da Silva, Visual perception of egocentric distance as assessed by triangulation, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (in press).
10. J.M. Loomis, J.A. Da Silva, N. Fujita, and S.S. Fukusima, Visual space perception and visually directed action, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 906-921 (1992); S.S. Fukusima, J.M. Loomis, and J.A. Da Silva, Visual perception of egocentric distance as assessed by triangulation, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (in press).
11. J.W. Philbeck and J.M. Loomis, A comparison of two indicators of visually perceived egocentric distance under full-cue and reduced-cue conditions, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (in press).
12. J.W. Philbeck, J.M. Loomis, and A.C. Beall, Measurement of visually perceived egocentric distance under reduced- and full-cue conditions, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 36, S666 (1995).
13. Loomis, Da Silva, Fujita, and Fukusima, note 3.
14. Loomis, Da Silva, Fujita, and Fukusima, note 3. For other results supporting a dissociation between perceived location and perceived exocentric distance, see R.A. Abrams and J.Z. Landgraf, Differential use of distance and location information for spatial localization, Perception & Psychophysics, 47, 349-359 (1990). Other researchers have found evidence of a different type of dissociation, namely, one between conscious perception and action. See B. Bridgeman, M. Kirch, and A. Sperling, Segregation of cognitive and motor aspects of visual function using induced motion, Perception & Psychophysics, 29, 336-342 (1981); M.A. Goodale and A.D. Milner, Separate visual pathways for perception and action, Trends in Neuroscience, 15, 20-25 (1992).
15. Loomis, Da Silva, Fujita, and Fukusima, note 3. For other results supporting a dissociation between perceived location and perceived exocentric distance, see R.A. Abrams and J.Z. Landgraf, Differential use of distance and location information for spatial localization, Perception & Psychophysics, 47, 349-359 (1990). Other researchers have found evidence of a different type of dissociation, namely, one between conscious perception and action. See B. Bridgeman, M. Kirch, and A. Sperling, Segregation of cognitive and motor aspects of visual function using induced motion, Perception & Psychophysics, 29, 336-342 (1981); M.A. Goodale and A.D. Milner, Separate visual pathways for perception and action, Trends in Neuroscience, 15, 20-25 (1992).
16. Loomis, Da Silva, Fujita, and Fukusima, note 3. For other results supporting a dissociation between perceived location and perceived exocentric distance, see R.A. Abrams and J.Z. Landgraf, Differential use of distance and location information for spatial localization, Perception & Psychophysics, 47, 349-359 (1990). Other researchers have found evidence of a different type of dissociation, namely, one between conscious perception and action. See B. Bridgeman, M. Kirch, and A. Sperling, Segregation of cognitive and motor aspects of visual function using induced motion, Perception & Psychophysics, 29, 336-342 (1981); M.A. Goodale and A.D. Milner, Separate visual pathways for perception and action, Trends in Neuroscience, 15, 20-25 (1992).
17. J.M. Loomis and J.W. Philbeck, Distortion of visual space under full cues is not scale invariant, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO (November 1994).
18. Binocular convergence is an egocentric distance cue that derives from the relative pointing directions of the two eyes. Binocular disparity is an exocentric distance cue and refers to the difference in the angular sizes of the left- and right-eye retinal images, both of which correspond to a single interval in three-dimensional space.
19. Gilinsky, note 1.