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That motion parallax
could be a valuable source of
distance information does not
mean that our perceptual
apparatus actually makes use of
it. Deborah Wheeler and James
Schubert recently conducted
an experiment in our
laboratory to investigate this
matter. In a dark room, the
observer viewed an array of
luminous circles pasted on
glass panes that were placed at
differing distances. To
eliminate the pictorial cue of
size, the circles were drawn so
that they projected images to
the eye of equal size. To
eliminate the pictorial cue of
interposition, the circles were
situated so that the observer
could not see them overlap.
When subjects viewed the
array with one eye and their
heads held still, they reported
what we should predict: that all
the circles were in the same
plane and of equal size. When
they moved their heads from
side to side and could gather
parallax information, some
subjects still saw the circles in
the same plane. For them, the
movement created the
impression that circles in the
same plane were shifting in
relation to one another. Other
subjects achieved depth only
between some of the circles
while still others perceived the
entire display correctly. Those
who reported depth generally
also perceived the farthest
circles as larger.