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The Perception of Motion when
We Are in Motion
When we are moving, things
appear to move in the direction
opposite to our movement.
In many instances, we are the
ones in motion, not the objects
around us. When we move, all
objects change their direction
with respect to our position.
Thus, according to the general
rule of motion perception, they
ought to appear to move.
Instead, however, our
perceptual system attributes
the change in the direction of
things to our own motion. For
any given movement of our
own, an object at a particular
distance will undergo a
particular change in its
direction and will do so at a
particular rate (motion
parallax). As long as the objectΓÇÖs
distance is perceived correctly,
it will appear to remain
stationary. Thus, position
constancy is achieved. For
example, an object seen
straight ahead and close by will
"go" to the observerΓÇÖs left at a
fairly rapid rate as the observer
moves to the right. Does this
mean that, if the object were
perceived to change its
direction differently or at a
different rate with this same
movement of the observer, it
would appear to move? It is
plausible to believe that it
would, and in fact we know
that it would.