Citation

Goldstein EB. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1979; 5(1): 78-87.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, American Psychological Association)

DOI

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PMID

528932

Abstract

As an observer views a picture from different viewing angles, objects in the picture appear to change orientation relative to the observer, but some objects change orientation more than others. This difference in rotation for different objects is called the differential rotation effect. The differential rotation is not, however, accompanied by corresponding changes in the perception of the spatial layout of objects in the picture. This lack of correspondence between the perception of rotation and the perception of spatial layout is a result of the fact that the information on a picture's surface defines two kinds of pictorial space with different properties. Rotation is perceived in terms of the pictorial space outside the picture, and spatial layout is perceived in terms of the pictorial space inside the picture.

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