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Motion And Depth Perception

A perceptual phenomenon describing how the visual and vestibular systems judge movement, depth, distance, size and spatial orientation, a foundational domain of psychophysics because accurate motion and depth perception depends on the brain resolving genuinely ambiguous sensory information. This group gathers the motion, depth and spatial perception phenomena recorded for this atlas, covering documented effects in how movement, distance, scale and balance are perceived, including situations in which that perception is reliably fooled.

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Motion And Depth Perception
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Autokinetic Effect

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Barberpole Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Beta Movement

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Broken Escalator Phenomenon

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Chromostereopsis

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Color Phi Phenomenon

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Contingent Aftereffect

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Convergence Micropsia

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Delboeuf Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Ebbinghaus Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Illusions of Self-Motion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Illusory Contours

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Irradiation Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Kinetic Depth Effect

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Law of Similarity

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Mandelbaum Effect

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Micro-Expression

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Moon Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Motion Parallax

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Motion-Induced Blindness

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Perceptual Constancy

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Peripheral Drift Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Phi Phenomenon

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Ponzo Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Pseudoneglect

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Pulfrich Effect

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Reification

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Shepard Tables

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Size-Weight Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Stepping Feet Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Stereopsis

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Stroboscopic Effect

Perception and Psychophysics Effects

Ternus Illusion

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Uncanny Valley

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
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Vection

Perception and Psychophysics Effects
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Visual perception
WikipediaVisual perception, lead section, Motion And Depth Perception group
Quote, Visual perception, lead section, Motion And Depth Perception group
Visual perception is the ability to detect light and use it to form an image of the surrounding environment.
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2. Wikipedia: Vestibular system
WikipediaVestibular system, lead section
Quote, Vestibular system, lead section
The vestibular system, in vertebrates, is a sensory system that creates the sense of balance and spatial orientation for the function of coordinating movement with balance.
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