Auditory and visual distance perception: The proximity‐image effect revisited

2003 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 2270-2270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Zahorik
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Visual Distance

Visual distance perception indoors, outdoors, and in the dark

2022 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 107992
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Dukes ◽  
J. Farley Norman ◽  
Challee D. Shartzer
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Visual Distance

An interaction between body orientation and gravity produces a novel illusion in visual distance perception

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Charles M. Mander ◽  
Laurence R. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Standard Length ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Distance Perception ◽  
Separate Experiment ◽  
Size Constancy ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Moon Illusion ◽  
Reference Length ◽  
Visual Distance

Does perceived distance depend on gravity? The moon illusion, in which the moon looks smaller when viewed overhead, suggests that it might, although so many factors are involved in this complex illusion. Prior research assessing perceived distance had blindfolded observers walk to a remembered location. However, this precludes altering an observer’s orientation relative to gravity. Here, a crossmodal comparison of a visual line and a standard-length tactile rod provided a novel means for assessing the perception of distance by exploiting size constancy — a shorter perceptual visual length (measured in rod lengths) corresponds to a shorter perceived distance from the observer. Experiments were conducted in a fully decorated room that was oriented at 90° with respect to gravity (the York University tumbled room) and in an identical normally oriented control room. Observers maintained an upright orientation with respect to the rooms. Observers judged the length of a variable visual line, projected with a laser and a pair of galvanometers, and varied by a QUEST procedure, relative to a fixed length tactile rod. The length of the visual line matched to the reference length was significantly longer — compatible with being perceived as further away — in the tumbled room than in the control room. A separate experiment failed to replicate this change in distance perception when the observer’s orientation relative to gravity was changed outside the tumbled room, suggesting that the effect is due to a conflict between visually- and gravitationally-defined reference frames.

Relationship Between Auditory Context and Visual Distance Perception: Effect of Musical Expertise in the Ability to Translate Reverberation Cues Into Room-Size Perception

Perception ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 873-880
Author(s):  
Pablo E. Etchemendy ◽  
Ignacio Spiousas ◽  
Ramiro Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Anechoic Chamber ◽  
The Other ◽  
Size Perception ◽  
Size Information ◽  
Musical Expertise ◽  
Room Size ◽  
Visual Distance

In a recently published work by our group [ Scientific Reports, 7, 7189 (2017)], we performed experiments of visual distance perception in two dark rooms with extremely different reverberation times: one anechoic ( T ∼ 0.12 s) and the other reverberant ( T ∼ 4 s). The perceived distance of the targets was systematically greater in the reverberant room when contrasted to the anechoic chamber. Participants also provided auditorily perceived room-size ratings which were greater for the reverberant room. Our hypothesis was that distance estimates are affected by room size, resulting in farther responses for the room perceived larger. Of much importance to the task was the subjects’ ability to infer room size from reverberation. In this article, we report a postanalysis showing that participants having musical expertise were better able to extract and translate reverberation cues into room-size information than nonmusicians. However, the degree to which musical expertise affects visual distance estimates remains unclear.

scholarly journals Aging and Outdoor Visual Distance Perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Jessica Dukes ◽  
J. Farley Norman ◽  
Hannah Shapiro ◽  
Ashley Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Visual Distance

Auditory/visual distance perception

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 2374-2374
Author(s):  
Pavel Zahorik
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Visual Distance

scholarly journals Auditory environmental context affects visual distance perception

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo E. Etchemendy ◽  
Ezequiel Abregú ◽  
Esteban R. Calcagno ◽  
Manuel C. Eguia ◽  
Nilda Vechiatti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
Visual Distance

Single and Combined Visual Distance Cues

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (23) ◽  
pp. 1184-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly G. Elliott ◽  
Elizabeth T. Davis ◽  
Robert A. King ◽  
Greg E. Fujawa
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Spatial Perception ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Relative Size ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Relative Height ◽  
Rating Data ◽  
Distance Information ◽  
Visual Distance ◽  
Relative Brightness

This study investigated the pictorial cues of relative size, relative height, and relative brightness to determine their effects on distance perception. In Experiment 1, we systematically examined (1) the effectiveness and accuracy of each visual cue tested in isolation; (2) whether the forced-choice rating paradigm provides more sensitive measures than those obtained using a simple 2AFC paradigm; (3) whether ROC slopes obtained from the forced-choice rating data are equal to one, as assumed by Signal Detection Theory (SDT); and (4) how the relative effectiveness of each cue may change when the cues are combined to provide consistent or conflicting distance information. A method of constant stimuli procedure was used for each block of trials. Subjects were presented with simulated gray square objects within a visual scene and reported which of two squares appeared closer. For single cues, both relative size and relative height were more effective than relative brightness. The forced-choice rating paradigm was not significantly more sensitive than the 2AFC paradigm, although it did allow us to test some SDT predictions. For combined cues, we found that the relative effectiveness of a given cue in combination with other cues cannot necessarily be predicted from single cue data. These results have implications not only for developing more rigorous and comprehensive models of human spatial perception but also for designing more efficient and effective 3D environments.

scholarly journals Visual Distance Perception Indoors, Outdoors, and in the Dark

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 2087
Author(s):  
Jessica Dukes ◽  
J. Farley Norman ◽  
Challee Shartzer ◽  
Gloria Huang
Keyword(s):  
Distance Perception ◽  
Visual Distance
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