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To us, the answer is supposed
to be obvious because we
respond appropriately to the
depth cues, which in this case
would be interposition,
perspective, and familiar size.
In the actual figure, however,
simple line drawings were used
to represent the objects.
Texture was absent. In fact, all
of the cues are, at best, weak in
the original figure. Even for us
the figure is ambiguous. Thus it
is hardly surprising that the
subjects in the experiment
often said that the spear was
aimed at the elephant.
One should also be cautious
about using size or shape
perception as an indicator of
depth perception in pictures.
That is because there is only a
tendency toward constancy
(rather than perfect constancy)
in viewing pictures, even
pictures rich in effective depth
cues (to say nothing of pictures,
such as HudsonΓÇÖs, in which the
cues are so poor that the
elephant looks as small as its
relatively small visual angle
would lead one to predict).
Thus, if members of some
African tribes report that an
animal in the picture near the
horizon looks much smaller
than the one of the same
species in the foreground of the
picture, it should not be
assumed that they are
perceiving any differently than
we do.