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There is a problem with this
explanation, however. For
animals that move their eyes as
we do, displacement of
contours over the retina is
neither necessary nor
sufficient for the perception of
motion. It is not necessary
because we often track a
moving object by moving our
eyes, thus holding its image
more or less stationary on the
retina. Nevertheless, we see
the object moving. Moreover, in
many illusions of motion--the
moon in the clouds and the
still images in the frames of a
movie, for instance--the image
of the object seen as moving is
stationary. Neither is the
displacement of contours over
the retina sufficient, because
frequently an objectΓÇÖs image
displaces over the retina
without creating an impression
of motion. When we move our
eyes across a room, for
example, the location of chairs
and tables appears unchanged,
although the images of them on
the retina move. Investigators
refer to this phenomenon as
position constancy.