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A neglected problem: kinetic size constancy.

K Noguchi·K Taya
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Size constancy in three-dimensional motion, "kinetic size constancy", was investigated by measuring both perceived size and perceived distance under monocular and binocular viewing conditions. It was found that forward-motion facilitated a tendency to see an object with an approximately constant size and made it possible to perceive veridically the distance to the object (distance constancy). The size-distance invariance hypothesis, expressed in the form S'/D'=K theta n, was found to hold in the present experimental situation. In contrast to static size constancy, with kinetic size constancy there is no requirement for separate depth cues if a focal stimulus changes along its vertical and horizontal dimensions and this results in the perception of a shape.

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K Noguchi, K Taya. 1981. A neglected problem: kinetic size constancy.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(81)90060-3

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