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Relative Motion
Ordinarily, a moving object not
only changes its direction with
respect to us but changes its
location with respect to all
other stationary things in the
scene. This relative change of
location can affect the motion
we perceive in various ways.
INDUCED MOTION When the
moon appears to move across
the clouds, the moon is not
changing its direction with
respect to usΓÇöΓÇôthat is, its
egocentric directionΓÇöΓÇôbut the
clouds are doing so. If changing
egocentric direction were all
there were to motion
perception, the moon would
appear stationary and the
clouds would appear to move.
The fact that we see the moon
as moving suggests that the
change in position of an object
relative to background objects
must be a strong determinant of
perceived motion. This effect is
called induced motionΓÇöΓÇôthe
inducing of motion in a
stationary object by a nearby
moving object. One might have
predicted that this relative
change would simply reinforce
an impression that the clouds
are moving. The clouds ought to
appear to move because they
change direction with respect
to the observer. The presence of
the moon might be expected to
further support that
appearance by the impression
of relative change it yields.
Why, then, should the
introduction of relative change
cause us to see the moon rather
than the clouds as moving?